
Get Fit with Technology.
Title:
Get Fit with Technology.
Author:
Gold, Jordan.
ISBN:
9781592006151
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (292 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Health and Fitness with Help from Your PC -- Steps to Success -- Step One: Get a Plan! -- Step Two: Use Your PC and/or PDA -- Step Three: Eat Right -- Get Motivated -- Exercising Right -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 2 Diet and Exercise Diaries -- Why Keep a Food Diary? -- Choosing the Right Diary for You -- Price and Operating System -- Database Size and Expandability -- Entering Data -- Nutrients and Water -- Exercise Database -- Reports and Graphs -- Number of People per Copy -- Support -- Is There a Professional Version Available? -- A Closer Look at Some Popular Food Diaries -- CalorieKing.com -- Diet & Exercise Assistant -- DietPower -- eDiets -- FitDay -- NutriBase -- SparkPeople.com -- Weight Watchers Online/eTools -- Other Programs -- Chapter 3 Support Sites -- Components of a Good Support Site -- Advertising (Commerce) -- Conferences (Community) -- Cooking Tips (Content) -- Dieting Tips (Content) -- Support for Specific Health, Gender, or Age Issues (Content) -- Education (Content and Community) -- Events (Content and Community) -- Fitness Tips (Content) -- Mentoring (Community) -- Message Boards (Community) -- News about Fitness and Health (Content) -- Newsletters on Specific Topics (Content) -- Online Meetings (Community) -- Polls (Community) -- Quizzes (Community) -- Recipes (Content) -- Store (Commerce) -- Subscriptions (Commerce) -- Some of the Best Support Sites on the Internet -- About.com -- eDiets.com -- Prevention.com -- Shape Up America! -- Weight Watchers Online -- Other Support Sites -- Chapter 4 Healthy Cooking Online -- What Makes a Good Cooking Site? -- Allrecipes.com -- CookingLight.com -- Cooks.com -- Epicurious.com -- Other Cooking Sites -- Chapter 5 Healthy, Fit, and Well -- General Health and Wellness Sites -- MayoClinic.com.
Government Sites: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -- WebMD -- Gender- and Age-Specific Sites -- iVillage -- Men's Health -- AARP -- Summary -- Chapter 6 Fun Fitness Gadgets -- Pedometers -- DIGI-WALKER -- OMRON -- SportBrain -- Sportline -- Heart Rate Monitors -- Cardiosport -- MIO -- Nike -- Polar -- Reebok -- Other Cool Gadgets -- Fitness Expert -- FitSense -- Garmin -- Pam -- Timex -- The Future -- Summary -- Chapter 7 Shop Naked -- Superstores -- Amazon.com -- Costco.com -- Drugstore.com -- eCOST.com and Overstock.com -- Walmart.com -- Specialty Stores -- Bodytronics -- Epicurious Shop -- Foot Locker -- Heart Monitors -- Heartratemonitorsusa.com and Pedometersusa.com -- Sark Products -- VKRshop.com -- The Walker's Warehouse -- Summary -- Appendix A: Sites for Specific Diseases and Conditions -- A Few Sites That Cover It All -- AARP -- iVillage -- MayoClinic.com -- National Institutes of Health -- WebMD.com -- Specialized Sites -- AIDS -- ALS -- Alcoholism -- Alzheimer's Disease -- Arthritis -- Asthma -- Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder -- Back Injuries -- Bipolar Disorder -- Blindness -- Breast Cancer -- Cancer (General) -- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome -- Cerebral Palsy -- Cervical Cancer -- Chlamydia -- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome -- Colitis -- Crohn's Disease -- Cystic Fibrosis -- Deafness -- Dental Health -- Depression -- Diabetes -- Drug Abuse -- Death and Dying -- Dementia -- Epilepsy -- Foot Injuries -- Gonorrhea -- Hair Loss -- Head Injuries -- Headaches -- Hearing Disorders -- Heart Disease -- Hepatitis -- High Blood Pressure -- Herpes -- Hodgkin's Lymphoma and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma -- Huntington's Disease -- Hyperactivity -- Hypoglycemia -- Impotence -- Infertility -- Kidney Diseases -- Knee Injuries -- Leukemia -- Liver Disease -- Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) -- Lung Cancer -- Lyme Disease -- Malaria -- Melanoma -- Meningitis.
Mental Health -- Multiple Sclerosis -- Muscular Dystrophy -- Myeloma -- Osteoporosis -- Ovarian Cancer -- Pancreatic Cancer -- Parkinson's Disease -- Polio -- Prostate Cancer -- Reye's Syndrome -- Rotator Cuff Injury -- SARS -- Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- Sickle Cell Anemia -- Spina Bifida -- Spine Injuries -- Sports Injuries -- Stroke -- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) -- Syphilis -- Thyroid Diseases -- Tourette Syndrome -- Tuberculosis -- Uterine Cancer -- West Nile Virus -- Appendix B: More Food and Exercise Diaries -- CalorieKing.com -- Crosstrainer -- Cybernetic Dietician -- Diet Cruncher -- Diet & Exercise Assistant -- DietMaster 2000 -- DietOrganizer -- DietPower -- Diet Pro -- Diet Sleuth with Health Tracker -- Diet Tracker -- DINE Healthy -- Do-It! -- Eat Well-Be Well -- eDiets -- FitDay -- Food Smart -- FrenchDiet -- Kathleen's Diet Planner -- Life Form -- Mealformation -- NutriBase -- NutriGenie Optimal Nutrition -- NutriStrategy -- Paraben's Diet Tracker -- Pocket Diet Tracker and Pocket Diet Assistant -- ProTrack 2005 -- Recipe Calc -- SparkPeople.com -- Weight-By-Date -- Weight Watchers Online/eTools -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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