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Links to Free Wellness Resources
Categories:
- General Health/Multiple Topics
- Exercise and Fitness
- Diet and Nutrition
- Lung Health
- Cardiac Health
- Smoking Cessation
- Time and Stress Management
- High Blood Pressure
General Health/Multiple Topics
State Benefits Division’s Wellness website
- Wellness tools and surveys
- Health encyclopedia
- News articles and videos
- Tips on a variety of wellness topics
- “Coaches” where the user can read articles/watch videos on wellness-related topics
Centers for Disease Control National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity
- Variety of wellness information
- ‘Tip of the Week’ section
- ‘Top Tools’
- Community discussions
- Articles and additional wellness resources
Eartheasy:
Articles on creating healthy and sustainable lifestyles.
Everyday Health:
Website with tips on health, food, and fitness. Includes a 'symptom checker' and 'health tools.'
Harvard Health Publications:
Website with science and research-based health and wellness information.
Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability:
LOHAS focuses on health and fitness, the environment, personal development, sustainable living, and social justice. Free weekly newsletter.
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH)
National Women's Health Information Center provides excellent resources for Screening Tests and Immunizations Guidelines for Women by age and Recommended Screenings, Tests, and Immunizations for Women with High-Risk Factors.
RealAge:
Personalized health information and health management tools.
Oprah.com:
This lifestyle website has a wealth of information on health and wellness and tips from Oprah's famous collaborators and experts, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Suze Orman, Bob Greene, and Dr. Laura Berman. The site features articles, tips, quizzes, videos and podcasts on a variety of wellness topics.
Source4Women:
Website that includes health & wellness tools and resources, healthy recipes, women's health topics, and 1-hour online seminars on a wide variety of wellness topics from mindful eating to general health. Sessions are interactive and offered in both audio and video formats and are archived for viewing after the live program date.
WebMD.com:
WebMD.com offers comprehensive health and wellness information and features a 'Health A-Z' database on a wide variety of physical and mental health conditions. WebMD.com also features a useful video archive with videos on various health and wellness topics.
Wellness.com – the Healthy Living Community:
This website provides a wellness community with interactive blogs, discussions, and videos on a wide variety of health conditions and wellness topics. The website also provides a database and profiles of health and wellness providers.
The University of Minnesota 'Taking Charge of Your Health' website has a wealth of resources to create a healthy lifestyle, navigate the health care system, and explore healing practices.
Exercise and Fitness
American Council on Exercise
Exercise library, workouts, healthy recipes, 'Fit Facts' posters all under 'Get Fit' tab
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Physical Activity
Choose Fitness:
Fitness tips, tools, and answers to questions.
Conservation and Environmental Research Area (CERA) Trail Map – CERA Trail map and a printable Guide to the Interpretive Path. From the True Grit statue in front of the RAC, through the CERA Trail and back to True Grit is 1.94 miles. This is a beautiful walk in the forest; if you’re quiet you are likely to see deer.
Get Fit Maryland™ program:
Articles under ‘Tips and Support’ include:
- 100 Ways to Add 2000 Steps
- 100 Ways to Cut 100 Calories
- 50 Ways to Prevent Diabetes
Tools:
- Check your BMI
- Diabetes Risk Test
- Heart Disease Risk Calculator
Healthier US.gov:
President’s Council for Physical Fitness – information, tools, and links.
Idea Health and Fitness Association
Library of professional health and fitness articles, short videos of exercises, and more.
Making Time for Exercise is Easy- PDF Document
myUMBC ‘Fitness and Wellness at the RAC’ Group – for access to campus walking and jogging route maps, click under ‘Documents.’ There are maps for 5 routes ranging from a 1 mile flat course to 5 miles.
100 Ways to Add 2000 Steps - PDF Document
Diet and Nutrition
Food Diary: Sample worksheet for recording what we eat and the thoughts and feelings associated with our food choices. Created by Patricia L. Wick, Ph.D., University Counseling Services at UMBC.
Food Diary – Sample Responses: Examples of how to use the food diary.
Fruits and Veggies–More Matters campaign
Maryland Farmers’ Market Directory:
Farmer’s markets for each county in Maryland.
Mindful Eating – Reconnecting with our Food: General 1-page mindful eating overview from Chartwells.
New York State Department of Health:
Tips for healthy food at meetings
Nutrition Data:
This website offers nutritional information, tools, and diet tips; healthy recipes; nutrition blogs; and a free newsletter. Under ‘Nutrition Management Tools,’ a user can:
- Track what you eat,
- Determine Body Mass Index (BMI)
- Analyze a recipe/food for nutritional value and
- Identify foods by particular nutrients.
Nutrition.gov:
US federal guide offering access to all government web sites with reliable and accurate information on nutrition and dietary guidance.
Organic.org:
News, articles, recipes, product reviews and other resources on organic foods.
The Center for Mindful Eating organization with an extensive library of research articles, tipsheets, guided meditations, and exercises to help expand your knowledge and practice of mindful eating.
Lung Health
American Lung Association:
Provides information on various lung conditions, research and statistics, plus programs and events.
The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America:
Provides resources and information on diagnosis, treatment resources and information on diagnosis, treatment and prevention of allergies and asthma. Click the ‘Asthma’ and ‘Allergy’ links at the bottom of the homepage.
Cardiac Health
American Heart Association:
Information, programs and tools for heart health.
Smoking Cessation
MDQuit – Maryland resource center for quitting use and initiation of tobacco:
Information, resources, tools, and programs. Free Quitline for all Maryland residents.
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene:
1-800-QUITNOW Information, support, smoking cessation products.
QuitNet:
Website has community, resources, support, and 'success' certificates.
Time and Stress Management
Laura Stack, the Productivity Pro
Looking for good time management tips? Laura’s website has a wealth of tips to improve output, lower stress, and save time. Explore the website, especially under ‘Productivity Resources’ to find a blog, videos, quizzes, webcasts, articles, a newsletter, e-books, tips, and tools.
Stress Management Consultants Article: Top 5 Tips for Greater Peace and Vitality
Stress Management tips from Dr. Joan Borysenko
Dr. Borysenko knows that living your best life is a multidimensional process of caring for body, mind, and soul. Her website offers both practical information and inspiration. The Mind/Body Balance and Stress Reduction section has articles on wellness, stress reduction, how to meditate, and yoga stretches.
Article: Choosing Peace Over Stress
high blood pressure
American Heart Association website includes information, a Blood Pressure Quiz, and a Blood Pressure Risk Calculator.
Article: Information About Blood Pressure
The Mayo Clinic website information and resources about high blood pressure (hypertension).
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Guide to Lowering Blood Pressure.
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Relationships
UMBC Relationship Violence Awareness and Prevention website includes information on warning signs, resources and support, and current programs offered on relationship and intimate partner violence as well as healthy relationships.
We are providing these links to you as an informational resource. Because we do not have control over the changing nature of content on others’ websites, we list these third party sites for use at the user's risk and explicitly disclaim any responsibility for the accuracy, content, or availability of information the resources may contain. Subsequently, we do not guarantee that information on a listed site is accurate nor do we guarantee that listed sites do not contain information which some individuals may deem inappropriate or objectionable. We are providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not represent or imply any association with their operators or an endorsement by UMBC of the site or its content.
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Marquis de Vauvenargues, French moralist and essayist
