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Interactive Toolbox
The Interactive Toolbox contains links to Web sites that allow consumers and professionals to input information and receive individual feedback to help with dietary assessment and planning, checking personal health risks, testing knowledge, and evaluating needs.
Calculator Counter
bullet Basal Energy Expenditure: Harris-Benedict Equation
Also contains links to other medical calculators
From: Weill Medical College of Cornell University
bullet Body Mass Index Calculator
Calculates Body Mass Index (BMI)
From: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
bullet Daily Nutrition Calculator (Macronutrients)
Calculates individual calorie needs and provides suggested percentages of macronutrients to meet needs.
bullet Fat Screener
Food intake survey provides a rough estimate of the amount of fat in your diet.
From: Berkeley Nutrition Services
bullet Fruit, Vegetable, and Fiber Screener
Food intake survey offers an estimate of your fruit, vegetable, and fiber intake.
From: Berkeley Nutrition Services
bullet Get Moving Calculator
Calculates calories expended during physical activity
bullet Healthy Body Calculator
Offers in-depth description of user's calorie needs, daily nutrient requirements, and physical activity tips
bullet Heart Rate Monitor
Features a heart rate monitor and aerobic training goals
bullet Nutrition Calculator
Calculator that estimates daily calorie requirements
bullet Personal Fitness Planner
Designed for teens, assesses weekly activity level, and encourages fitness
From: Dairy Council of California
 
Check Your Health Risks
 
bullet Closing the Health Gap
An educational campaign designed to help make good health an important issue among racial and ethnic minority populations
From: Office of Minority Health
bullet Estimating Your 10-Year Risk of Having a Heart Attack
Risk assessment tool to predict an onset of a heart attack
From: National Cholesterol Education Program
bullet Health and Age Center
A compilation of self testing questionnaires and calculators on BMI, protein and carbohydrate needs, Type II Diabetes, heart health, meal planning, and physical activity
bullet Heart Profilers Treatment Decision Tools
Provides professional and patient tools for personalized reports on atrial fibrillation, cholesterol, coronary artery disease, heart failure, and high blood pressure
From: American Heart Association
bullet How Can You Lower Your Cholesterol
Features heart healthy and therapeutic lifestyle changes for treatment and preventing heart disease. Provides meal plans, grocery shopping, reading food labels, and dining out
From: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
 
Dietary Assessments
 
bullet About Produce
Provides information, availability, storage tips, and recipes for individual fruits and vegetables
bullet Calorie King
A compilation of the top fast food restaurants with nutrient composition
bullet Interactive Healthy Eating Index
A tool that analyzes personal daily food intake with nutrition education
From: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
bullet How Do You Fare on Food and Fitness
Provides an assessment on daily food intake and physical activity
From: University of Massachusetts
bullet Nutrition Analysis Tool
Analyzes nutrient composition of food
bullet Nutrition Calculator
Calculates daily calorie requirements
bullet Rate Your Restaurant Diet
Helps user make healthier decisions when dining out
 
Design Your Diet
 
bullet Chinese New Year's Feast
Offers nutrient information for planning a Chinese meal
bullet Does your Cookout Cut the Mustard?
Helps user manage a healthy picnic plate
bullet Food Fit Menu Planner
Provides menus with nutrient content for beef, chicken, fish, pork, and vegetarian meals. Requires a free login.
bullet Menu Planner
Helps user plan meals to meet specific calorie requirements.
From: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
bullet Rate Your Plate
Analyzes food intake based on the Food Guide Pyramid and Dietary Guidelines, along with information on food labels and portion sizes
From: Connecticut's Team Nutrition Program
bullet Sensible Seder Offering
Helps user create a healthy plate for Passover
bullet Serving Size Surprise
Helps user learn about accurate portion sizes
 
Kid's Interactive Playground
 
bullet Body Mass Index Calculator for Children
Interactive tool helps parents keep their growing children's weight on track.
From: USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine

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Children's Energy Needs Calculator
Interactive tool to calculate a child's energy needs based on age, current size and activity level.
From: USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine
bullet The Healthy Fridge
A quiz that aids in making better food selections
bullet Kid's Interactive Playground
bullet Powerful Girls have Powerful Bones
Offers quizzes, games, and fun facts about having strong, healthy bones
 
Kid's Safe Food Zone
 
bullet Can You Serve Up a Safe Barbecue
A quiz that aids in food safety concerns such as hand washing and transporting, preparing, serving, and storing food
bullet Food Safety Quiz for Kids
From: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
 
Test Your Knowledge
 
bullet Body Fat Lab
Informs user about percent body fat and the role it plays in overall health
bullet Calcium Quiz
Interprets daily intake of calcium with recommendations
From: Dairy Council of California
bullet Do You Know Your Vitamin ABC's
A quiz to test vitamin and mineral knowledge
bullet Expanded Food and Nutrition Education: Cultural Foods Quiz
From: Iowa State University Extension
bullet Health Smart Tools and Quizzes
A resource list of tools and quizzes on diet and nutrition, allergies, heart health, cancer, and physical activity
From: The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
bullet Saturated Fat IQ
Features quizzes to test saturated fat knowledge
 
Last modified on September 30, 2004