Alar Lipping, Ph.D.
Health Promotion programs are generally offered on three levels:
1. Awareness
2. Lifestyle Change
3. Supportive Environment
Useful websites dealing with awareness and lifestyle change:
American Dietetic Association
Center for Science in the Public Interest
USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center
Select “Food Consumption” then “Dietary Assessment”
Do the Activity Calorie Calculator
Calorie Calculator
Answer the following questions using the three websites that are provided below:
1. You have just consumed a Burger King Original Whopper, Large order of French Fries, and a Starbucks Vanilla Frappucino Blended Creme Grande. How many calories did you consume?
How many calories are from fat? How many grams of fat?
2. How many calories are in a Taco Bell Burrito Supreme Beef? How many fat calories?
3. According to your weight, how many calories would you burn doing the following:
Lying Quietly 11 hours
Housework 2 hours
Sitting (Office Work) 7 hours
Yardwork Regular 2 hours
Walking Moderate Pace 1 hour
Competitive Soccer 1 hour
4. Briefly discuss the application of carbohydrate loading in preparing for an endurance event.
Fast Food Analyzer
Food Analyzer
Physical Activity Calorie Counter
http://www.acefitness.org/acefit/healthy_living_tools_content.aspx?id=9
Sports Coach Site Index
http://www.brianmac.demon.co.uk/siteindx.htm
Rockport Walk Test
http://www.exrx.net/Calculators/Rockport.html