Employee Health and Wellness Conference
Selected Supplemental Resources
Bill Hettler's Definition of Wellness
Wellness is an active process through which
people
become aware of and make choices toward a more successful existence.
(Click on any triangle below for a short definition of that wellness dimension.)
Hettler Dot Com | FREE Assessments | History of Wellness |
Shift Happens YouTube Video | Meaning of Life | How Cuba Survived Peak Oil |
Worksite Wellness Resources
American Institute of Preventive Medicine | American Journal of Health Promotion | WELCOA |
National Wellness Institute | American College of Sports Medicine | CDC |
CAM Materials
Nutraceuticals - (A $19 billion industry)
Nutraceutical - Definition and Introduction | Nutraceutical - Definition and Introduction-PDF file | Nutraceutical-Wikipedia | |
The Nutraceuticals Institute | Nutraceuticals World | Advertising Claims Crackdown | American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) Petitions FDA |
Doctors Advised to Learn More About Nutraceuticals | FDA Warns Nutraceutical Firm About Claims on Website | The Growing Nutraceutical Challenge | Regulation of "Nutraceuticals" |
New FDA Regime for Nutraceuticals | Nutraceutical Sues FDA Over Ephedra Ban | Learn More About LabelCalc | Regulation of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals: A Global Perspective |
Dietary Supplements
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition | Food and Drug Administration | The Food and Nutrition Information Center | National Agricultural Library (NAL) |
United States Department of Agriculture 100,000 employees |
Dietary Supplements Medline Plus |
Nutrition.gov | Find Dietary Supplement Fact Sheets |
Computer Access to Research on Dietary Supplements (CARDS) Database | MedWatch Program | Dietary Supplements: Appropriate Use: from QuackWatch | Office of Dietary Supplements |
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) | FDA: Chinese Dietary Supplements Contain Viagra | International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) Database | Dietary Supplements: Resources for Professionals |
Copps Corporation 1984 Food for Life Program
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National Health Statistics
Health, United States | Health, United States, Charts PowerPoint | Healthy People 2010 Database | What We Eat In America (WWEIA), NHANES: Overview |
Statistics and Surveillance | Food Data Collection Techniques | Highlights of the Healthy People 2000 Final Review | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
Vital
Statistics of the United States (VSUS) |
National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) |
National Health Care Surveys | Longitudinal Studies of Aging (LSOAs) |