PE9 Research Help
- Assignment
- Here's the assignment overview and requirements. Please remember that you
are responsible to read this document as well as the contents of the Citation
Help page.
- Books
- Check our Online
Catalog for books on your topic. Or come into the library and use
the patron access catalog.
- Here are some of the best online subscription sources for this project:
-
Gale Health Reference Center Academic
- Gale
Virtual Reference Library
- Gale
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
- Congressional Quarterly
- Facts.com Issues & Controversies
- Home Access requires Library ID (below)
- Some great free web sources for this project are listed below.
- Please remember that you must annotate every free web source, even if it is from this list.
- Fitness Sites
- Sports
Fitness - from the U.S. National Library of Medicine, this site
features news in sports medicine, and information on nutrition, exercise
and fitness.
- President's Council on Physical
Fitness and Health - Check out the physical activity fact sheet.
- Teens Health
- Food and fitness advice for teens from the Nemours Foundation
- American College of Sports
Medicine - check the "focus on" links
- Facts about
weight loss products and programs - from the FDA
- Eating Disorders/Obesity Sites
- National
Eating Disorder Association - includes general information, referral
sources, educational resources, and volunteer opportunities
- ANRED -
A comprehensive site on eating disorders.
- Overweight
and Obesity - From the Center for Disease Control, this site provides information about
the growing problem of obesity in America. It includes definitions, trends,
health and economic consequences, and a body mass index calculator,
among many other features.
- Nutrition
- Food
Guide Pyramid -
Interactive map of the food guide pyramid from the National Agricultural Lab
- Nutrition
Source - From the Harvard School of Public Health,
this site explores the latest science about healthy eating for adults.
- Tufts Nutrition
Navigator - A well organized gateway to reliable nutrition
information on the web
- Nutri-Facts
- Find nutrition information on any of over 6,000 foods, calculate
your body mass index, and more.
- Nutrition.gov
- This government site on nutrition and health issues is being updated.
Follow site instructions to find information.
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Guidelines for Good Nutrition - From the Mayo Clinic
- Fitness Magazines
- Runner's
World
- Running and FitNews
- Vegetarian Times
- American Fitness
- Prevention
- For help with creating a works cited list click here
