food & nutrition websites
Below is a collection of fun and informative web sites that contain tools you can use in conjunction with the OPTIFAST Lifestyle Education Series curriculum to accomplish your weight management goals. Have Fun!
Fast Food Facts
Wondering what is in that fast food chicken sandwich? Fast Food Facts is a regularly updated web site providing nutritional information about the food served at many popular fast food restaurants.
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Find a restaurant with healthy dining options using the search by zip code feature.
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Fast Food makeovers:
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Interactive Food & Nutrition Games:
USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center’s Dietary Guidance — Interactive Tools
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MyPyramid:
MyPyramid offers personalized eating plans for all ages and for pregnancy and breastfeeding. It has interactive tools to help you plan and assess your food choices, and advice to help you make smart choices from every food group, find your balance between food and physical activity, and stay within your daily calorie needs. Sponsored by USDA.gov
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The Healthier US initiative:
The Healthier US initiative is a national effort to improve people's lives, prevent and reduce the costs of disease, and promote community health and wellness.
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Shape Up America!:
Shape Up America! is a not-for-profit organization committed to raising awareness of obesity as a health issue and to providing responsible information on healthy weight management.
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Portion Distortion Game
Do you know how food portions have changed over the past 20 years and how much activity is required to burn off the extra calories? Play the Portion Distortion Game sponsored by National Institutes of Health.
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Avoid Portion Distortion
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Super Market Savvy
The goal of this site is to make healthy grocery shopping easier and more enjoyable. It uses the latest Internet technology to help consumers choose healthy foods . With the help of user-friendly tools, you can search and browse the aisles of our virtual supermarket, develop a shopping list, print the list for easy shopping, and save it for future reference. Find tips on savvy shopping, food safety, meal planning, food category comparisons, nutrition information, and food reviews. SUPERMARKET SAVVY is fully committed to unbiased food reporting. Sponsors do not influence our editorial decisions.
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Disclaimer:
These web sites offer additional information related to nutrition, weight management and health. Nestlé HealthCare Nutrition, Inc. is pleased to provide these links to other web sites; however, Nestlé HealthCare Nutrition has not participated in the development of the sites listed, does not exert any editorial or other control over the sites' content, and does not endorse any products or services described on these sites. When you click on the links listed below you will be leaving the OPTIFAST web site. You are encouraged to read the selected website's privacy policy and terms of use before using any part of it.