Stress & Food
Stress & Food Cravings - By Fit America MD. -Stress is certainly a condition that triggers food cravings but it is also important for you to be aware that your cravings may be associated with some deficiency in your body too. A lot has been written by the medical community about food cravings, but nothing definitive is known about these "irresistible" urges that some people get for certain foods. Sometimes emotional addictions are just as serious as physical ones - and can be even more difficult to overcome.

Special Edition: Wellness Lifestyle & Your Body Image - contributed by Amanda Bach
Body Image and Your Health - Amanda Bach - As women, we all want to look and feel our best. This is not always easy, considering the busy life today's woman leads and the many responsibilities she may have. It can be tough to find time for exercising and eating right, not to mention controlling stress! Developing and nurturing a positive body image and a healthy mental attitude is crucial to a woman's happiness and wellness. What is body image?

Staying Active - Amanda Bach - An active lifestyle can help every woman. If you think you’re too busy with work, family, and all the other demands in your life, listen up! You don’t have to be as fit as a professional athlete to benefit from physical activity. In fact, 30 minutes of moderate physical activity on most days of the week can greatly improve your health.

Wellness - a guide to the healthy lifestyle - Amanda Bach - Fortunately Wellness is a concept that is becoming more and more the subject of conversation, so much so that you hear it defined as "a lifestyle that focuses on physical and mental well-being." Being fully aware of what it really consists of is not as easy. Let's take a look.

How and Where to achieve daily Wellness - Amanda Bach - Nearly 2000 years ago the Latin poet, Giovenale, expressed the ideal of Wellness with his motto "mens sana in corpore sano" (a sound mind is a sound body), stressing that an ideal balance is only obtained with 360 degree approach, where the health of your body goes hand in hand with mental well-being.

The Benefits of Wellness - Amanda Bach - It is by now fairly obvious that when we speak of total wellness, we also need to set and maintain a few goals; achieving adequate aerobic capacity, strong and toned muscles, flexibility, elasticity, and ideal body weight, a balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle. Those who adopt a Wellness lifestyle not only reach and maintain these goals more easily, but they also receive all the benefits from them, which reflects positively in all aspects of their lives.

Wellness: What's myth and what's not - Amanda Bach - You must do a lot of sit-ups to send that belly away? Working out on a stationary bicycle will not make your legs bigger? Exercising for anything less than an hour is waste of time?

Health & Well Being Resources
Health Resources Links - From government health Websites to women health organizations, from marriage to family therapists to mental health, from post depression to recovery, we have it all here for you.

Introduction to the Health Legacy that you leave behind - Valerie Scardino, M.P.A. NWHIC Project Director, Office on Women's Health

2005 Daybook -“Generations: Women’s Health Across the Lifespan” is available to view or download in its entirety on the NWHIC web site. The chapter, “Healthy Eating and an Active Lifestyle” outlines the physical effects of being overweight and obese, and provides ideas for healthy eating.
Link: www.4woman.gov/pub/daybook.2005/obesity.cfm

Fit to Eat is a section of 4Girls Health that is aimed at teaching teen girls to develop nutritious eating habits. Whether you have a teenage girl, work with them, or are just interested in adolescent health, this site is full of important nutrition information that will give anyone insight into a healthier diet.
Link: www.4girls.gov/nutrition/index.htm

Bureau of Primary Health Care ask.hrsa.gov/pc/
Looking for low-cost health care programs and services in your area? To locate contact information for service delivery sites, please visit the Website above.

Children's Health Insurance
Your children may be eligible for free or low-cost health insurance! You work hard to provide for your children and want to make sure they grow up strong, smart and healthy. But like many parents whose children don't have health insurance, you worry about taking care of them.
Phone: 1-877-KIDS-NOW
www.insurekidsnow.gov/

Cover the Uninsured Week  CoverTheUninsuredWeek.org
Are you currently without health insurance? Finding some possible health insurance coverage in your States by visiting the Website above.

Healthy Eating - Low Carb menus are now available at many fast-food restaurants - from Claire Varrelmann for Arby's 
We all heard of such South Beach diet, Atkins diet, low carb, counting calories & all, how do we have time to watch the calories that intake on the daily basic? Good news! The next time you visit one of these fast-food restaurants, please check out their latest healthy choice menus. 

National Women's Health Information Center - 4woman.gov
This website and toll-free call center were created to provide FREE, reliable health information for women everywhere. Browse their database for great resources or take a look through our Special Sections on topic areas like heart disease, disabilities and pregnancy.