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Fitness
Getting Started
Walking Program
Health Risks
Cardiovascular
Stroke
Smoking and Tobacco Use
Diabetes
Brain Health
Health Care Consumer
Finding a Doctor
Communicating With Your Doctor
Managing Health Care
Nutrition
Healthy Choices
Weight Reduction
Portion Control
Health Recipes
Prenatal Information
Work/Life Balance
Relaxation Techniques
Stress Strategies
Sleep Disorders
Grief
Miscellaneous Health Information
*If any of these sites are blocked by FCPS, you may try to contact your site IT to see if it can be unblocked.
Stretches You Can Do In Your Office
American Cancer Society: Target Heart Rate Calculator
National Institute on Aging- Sample Exercises
American Cancer Society Worksite Health
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to topWETA Readiness to Walk Quiz and Program: Provides personal program
CDC Worksite Walkability Audit
Shape Up America: 10,000 Steps Program
Creating a Stairwell Fitness Program 
Mayo Clinic Beginner Walking Program
Walking for Fitness: How to trim your waistline and improve your health
Dealing with Heart Disease (Mended Hearts)
Be Active For a Healthier Heart
ABC’s of Preventing Stroke Heart Disease and Heart Attack
Stroke Education
(American Heart Association)
How Cardiovascular and Stroke Relate
(American Stroke Association)
Preventing a Stroke (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
American Lung Associations: Free Online Smoking Cessation Program
How to Quit: Government Resources
Re-Learn Life Without Cigarettes
Smoke Free Air Challenge (American Lung Association)
Plan Your Day to Quit (American Cancer Society)
Within 20 minutes of Quitting- Poster (Surgeon General’s Report Materials)
Benefits of Quitting- Poster (Surgeon General’s Report Materials)
Tips to Supporting Someone Who‘s Quitting (Mayo Clinic)
Quitting Smoking: 10 ways to ride out tobacco cravings (Mayo Clinic)
Staying Smoke –free: How to avoid a smoking relapse (Mayo Clinic)
National Institute on Drug Abuse
What’s So Bad about Tobacco? (American Cancer Society)
Quiz: Do You Need Help To Quit? (American Cancer Society)
Strategies on how to quit smoking can also be found at:
- Care First Participants: Quit Smoking Resources
Programs
- Freedom From Smoking Online (American Lung Association)
- Free Help to Quit Smoking (National Cancer Institute)
- QUITNET
- Nicotine Anonymous
- The Great American Smokeout Challenge (American Cancer Society)
- My Last Dip
- Peace Health Cessation Class
American Diabetes Association: A comprehensive source for diabetes education.
Frequently Asked Questions About Diabetes
Importance of a Good Night’s Sleep and Brain Health
Stress and Its Effects on the Brain
Relaxation Techniques for the University of Maryland Medical Center
AARP Article on Choosing a Doctor
Communicating With Your Doctor
Quick Tips When Talking With Your Doctor
Doctor-Patient Communication
Getting The Most Out of a Visit With Your Primary Doctor
How To Talk To Your Doctor or Nurse
Five Steps to Safer Health Care
Your Guide to Choosing Quality Health Care
Finding and Evaluating Health Information on The Web
United States Department of Agriculture (will help you track calories and activity)
FCPS Food and Nutrition Information
Fast Food: 6 Ways To Healthier Meals
Butter vs. margarine Which is better for my heart health
DASH Diet For Lowering Blood Pressure
Determining Your Body Mass Index (Centers for Disease Control)
Maintaining Your Weight (Centers for Disease Control)
Portion Sizes Wallet Card: Download this wallet sized card to remind you of portion sizes when you are at the restaurants.
Visually Comparing Portions: (Slide show)
Purchase a Portion Control Plate
Wendy’s Food Nutritional Content
National Cancer Institute: Down Home Healthy Cooking
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute: Recipes
American Council on Exercise: Recipes
Healthy Diet: End the Guesswork With These Nutrition Guidelines
Nutrition Facts: Reading the food label
What Do You Know About Dietary Fiber?
Change for Good: Healthy Habits, Not Diets
Shopping, Cooking, and Preparing Meals
Healthy Recipe Center (The Mayo Clinic)
National Institute of Health and Human Development Pregnancy Info
Centers for Disease Control Pregnancy Information
Resources for Coping With Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ( SIDS)
Resources for Coping with a Miscarriage
NIH Adoption Information and Resources
Relaxation Techniques: (University of Maryland School of Medicine)
Society of Family Physicians Dealing With Stress
Meditation Benefits (US Department of Health and Human Services)
American Cancer Society Meditation
What is your sleep IQ? Take the quiz.
You’re Guide to Healthy Sleeping (National Institute of Health)
Resources and Information on Sleep Disorders
Surviving the Holidays - Grief Share a support group locator
Capital Hospice - serving Northern Virginia residents with bereavement support services
Haven of Northern Virginia community bereavement support services
Handling the Holidays: The Compassionate Friends - for loss of a child of any age
Miscarriage Support/Holidays and Grief
Helping Your Child Cope With Separation and Divorce
Coping With Suicide Loss/Handling the Holidays
Association of Pet Loss and Bereavement
Librarian Recommendations on Grief Books: Kids and Adults
Miscellaneous Health Information
Reliable Government Health Information Resources
Federal Health Information Clearinghouses and Information
2009 National Health Observances 
Understanding Breast Changes: A Health Guide for Women (HHS Releases Update)
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