Links and agencies you can use to bring wellness to your Vermont school workplace:

American Heart Association
www.myheartwatch.org
www.americanheart.org
Great information on taking care of yourself. You can access their free resource on tracking your health called "My Heart Watch". You log in and tell them about yourself. As you change your behavior, you can go in and update. You'll get health information based on these changes and on your level of desire to change (or not). Also get great information on heart disease and curbing risks.

Real Age
www.realage.com
This site is a fun and interactive place that has a multitude of surveys and questionnaires you can take to determine your "Real Age". If you smoke that adds health years to your actual age for example. If you are physically active, then you take years off. They offer a daily email health tip to which you can subscribe. These are all research based so you can look up the abstracts from the studies they use - click right on their resource in the email and it takes you there.

Aim For A Healthy Weight
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/lose_wt/index.htm
This is the National Institute of Health's web site on Obesity Education. It is sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute - hence the long web site address. If you can get there, the site has wonderful tools and resources for anyone interested in "Aiming For A Healthy Weight" with a really health approach.'

Discover Fitness
www.discoverfitness.com
You will get NIH and CDC quality information about physical activity on this site. Just explore and enjoy and take what works for you.

Mayo Clinic - Making Plans To Change
www.mayoclinic.com
Make sure you choose ".com" and not ".org". The latter will get you into the Clinic's research and professional health care provider site - which may also be interesting but not in layperson's language! Making Plans To Change is a fun resource with reliable information on all health topics. You also can take lots of surveys and get a profile to help you tailor your navigation of the site. Bookmark your favorite spots and check in for new material every now and again.

IDEA Health And Fitness
www.ideafit.com
If you want serious information on getting fit and working out, this site is full or helpful tips from exercise instructors. IDEA is a membership organization for certified fitness instructors. You'll get workout plans, help with exercise form and more. Again, this is for the athlete who wants to train or the weekend warrior who likes to read up on fitness.