Physical wellness includes exercise and proper nutrition in addition to the development of responsible decisions concerning sexual, alcohol, and drug use behaviors. Enhancement of the physical dimension can positively affect other areas. Participation in a broad range of physical activities can;

• Improve one's physical well being
• Develop and strengthen your social network
• Help alleviate stress
• Increase intellectual awareness
• Keep you more alert throughout the day

This site has a lot of information about keeping your heart healthy.  It includes an online program that may be subscribed to by businesses called Heart at Work.  This program enables worksite coordinators to easily conduct health promotion activities related to lowering employees and their families risk of heart disease and stroke. It includes awareness, education and behavior change activities. Each activity contains all the tools needed to make implementation fun and easy, including step-by-step guidelines for conducting events, challenges, assessments, quizzes and seminars.

Healthfinder includes a library of reviewed health topics from A to Z.  You can also find health related topics for specialized populations classified by age, ethnicity, and gender.  Information regarding health care providers and organizations is also available.  Don't miss the health news and a user-friendly health calculator.

The nutrition and physical activity section of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention site provides information about the importance of physical activity and how to make it part of your life. Wellness professionals can find valuable information about what motivates people to engage in physical activity, how to get started and ideas for how to promote physical activity in a community. 

This site contains medical information including diseases & conditions, symptoms, a medical library, drugs & herbs, health tools, clinical trials, and Medicare prescription benefits.  Wellness topics such as Men, Women & Lifestyle, Pregnancy & Family, and Diet & Nutrition are addressed as well.  Health news, articles by doctors, and interactive activities to test your health IQ are permanent features on the site. 

Foods that are good for you... foods that taste good. That's what you'll find here in the AICR Recipe Corner. There's no reason eating for better health can't be exciting, fun and scrumptious. They've put together a wide range of recipes, from old favorites to interesting new dishes, to help you put tasty, healthy meals on the table.
 

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