Wellness Resources
Here are some specific tools and resources to help you with healthy eating and exercise
NATIONAL RESOURCES
USDA Super Tracker
Find out what and how much to eat. Personalize your experience by creating your profile, and get a plan tailored for you. Sponsored by the USDA.
choosemyplate.gov
Provides practical information to individuals, health professionals, nutrition educators, and the food industry to help consumers build healthier diets with resources and tools for dietary assessment, nutrition education, and other user-friendly nutrition information. Sponsored by the USDA.
New Beginnings: A Discussion Guide for Living Well with Diabetes
An on-line resource that uses stories about African Americans with diabetes to help group leaders lead discussions about the emotional side of living with diabetes, and help people with diabetes identify family and social support needs and develop goal setting, positive coping and problem solving skills. New Beginnings can be used to supplement diabetes self-management education sessions and in diabetes support groups. Sponsored by the CDC.
For more information download New Beginnings Discussion Guide by visiting, http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/ndep/new-beginnings.htm
LOCAL RESOURCES
ace fitness programs
The American Council on Exercise (ACE) is a nonprofit organization committed to America’s health and wellbeing. Over the past 25 years, we have become an established resource for both fitness professionals and consumers, providing comprehensive, unbiased, scientific research impacting the fitness industry and validating ourselves as the country’s trusted authority on fitness.
NEW YORK
American Health and Fitness Alliance The New York Program
The Partnership For A Healthier New York – Get Involved