Healthy Weight: Health Tools


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Health Tools


Health Tools help you make wise health decisions or take action to improve your health.



Decision Points focus on key medical care decisions that are important to many health problems. Decision Points focus on key medical care decisions that are important to many health problems.
  Should I use over-the-counter diet aids?


Actionsets help people take an active role in managing a health condition. Actionsets are designed to help people take an active role in managing a health condition.
  Fitness: Choosing activities that are right for you
  Fitness: Using a pedometer or step counter
  Fitness: Walking for wellness
  Healthy eating: Changing your eating habits
  Healthy eating: Cutting unhealthy fats from your diet
  Healthy eating: Getting support when changing your eating habits
  Healthy eating: Making healthy choices when you eat out
  Healthy eating: Making healthy choices when you shop
  Healthy eating: Overcoming barriers to change
  Healthy eating: Recognizing your hunger signals
  Healthy eating: Starting a plan for change
  Healthy eating: Staying with your plan
  Positive thinking: Stopping unwanted thoughts
  Weight management: Using positive thinking


Interactive tools help people determine health risks, ideal weight, target heart rate, and more. Interactive tools are designed to help people determine health risks, ideal weight, target heart rate, and more.
  Interactive Tool: How Many Calories Did You Burn?
  Interactive Tool: Is Your Weight Increasing Your Health Risks?


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Last updated: March 06, 2008
Author: Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS
Reviewed By: Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
Editors: Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Pat Truman, MATC

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