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Get to Your Right Weight
Can you lose pounds to get to your right weight? Marcia Potts wanted health and to help prevent diabetes. She lost 180 pounds! And, she did it by eating healthfully, moving more, and by taking action to know her numbers (her weight and Body Mass Index) and get them where they should be. Follow this link to read her story. Also includes an Activity Tracker from Small Steps, Big Rewards, a program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services System.
http://www.smallstep.gov/index.html

Accept the Challenge to Eat Healthy!and Move More!
Living large after the holidays? When the leftover stuffing and pumpkin pie are all gone, N-Lighten Nebraska is there for you. The 3-month team wellness program begins February 1, 2006. For $15/person, N-Lighten offers assistance to teams of 2-10 people in healthy weight-loss and/or increased physical activity plus the chance to win thousands of prizes. Online registration is now open and there's a kids version, too. Read More...
http://www.n-lightennebraska.com/index.sp

Get to the Recipe of the Day
Follow this link to get the recipe of the day to help you Eat Healthy!
http://www.diabetes.org/home.jsp

Move More!
Do physical activity for enjoyment and watch the health benefits line up! Kids, tweens, and teens stuff, too!
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/index.htm

Learn the Signs of Diabetes
A handy multimedia presentation about the signs and symptoms of diabetes, ways to live better even if you have diabetes, and how to prevent complications.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/diabetesintroduction/htm/index.htm

Calculate Your BMI
An easy way to calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI), an important number to know in preventing diabetes and its complications. Includes recipes, activities, and other information for getting to a healthy weight for you.
http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/bmicalc.htm

Take Small Steps for Big Rewards
Want to get healthy, but don’t know how to begin? Click here to start with a list of small steps and keep on doing those that work for you. Also separate healthy fact from fiction with a great selection of resources. Continue with the activity tracker and try some of the great recipes. Finish with a healthier you!
http://www.smallstep.gov/

Learn What Food Can Do For Kids
Press “GO” for kids! Find out cool stuff about food and what it can do for you! Play the games, test your brain, and challenge your friends and family to find out what foods can do for them!
http://www.smallstep.gov/

Learn About Diabetes
Includes several resources that health, education, and business professionals can post, or handout to individuals so they can read and learn about diabetes.
http://www.ndep.nih.gov/index.htm

What is Diabetes?
What is diabetes and pre-diabetes?
http://www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/diabetes.htm

Read Real Stories About Real People
Read this and other stories about real people: “Diabetes Prevention: Why We Can’t Wait!”
http://www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/pubs/Frenchy_Op-ed_11.05.pdf

Get Moving! Get Healthy!
Lincoln, Nebraska's Physical Activity Council promotes active living for life. Their purpose is
to get Lincoln in Motion by promoting the benefits of physical activity to prevent illness and
improve the quality of life. Click here to read more.
http://www.lincolninmotion.org/