Consumer Jungle - HEALTH

Students Health Menu

Importance of Health Health Risks Health in the USA Absolute Basic Concepts You Make the Choice Eating Properly MyPyramid’s 6 Food Groups My Pyramid for You Discretionary Calories Weight and Self-Esteem My Pyramid: Carbohydrates My Pyramid: Dairy and Oils Excuse #1: It Costs Too Much Excuse #2: I Can’t Cook Excuse #3: I Don’t Have Time Excuse #4: My Genetics..

Weight

Maintain Your Target Weight BMI: What is it? BMI: Ranges Diet pressures It Takes Effort Forget Miracle Pills Frauds and Fakery More Frauds and Fakery Commercial Diet Programs Are We Addicted? Smart Weight Loss Simple vs. Easy Dining Out and Blimping Out

Excercise

Why Bother? Amount You Need Intensity Levels Fitting it in Burning Calories You Decide You Take Action

Nutrition Sidebars

DV - RDIs Squelching the Quacks Vitamins and Supplements Bottled Water: Hip or Hype? Diabetes Best Resources

Gyms and Equipment

Money and Fitness Why Join a Gym? Choose a Gym Look Under the Hood Do Your Research Take a Test Drive Why We Quit Gyms Gyms vs. Home Gyms Strength Training Benefits Home Gyms vs. Free Weights Pumping Rubber Cardio Training Treadmills and Elipticals Exercise Bikes

Sports Nutrition

Sports Nutrition Basics Pre-Game Nutrition Game-Time Nutrition Recovery Nutrition Good Recovery Foods Women Athletes Building Bulk Building Muscles Fad Diets Protein Powders Dietary Supplements Antioxidant Supplements Resources

Insurance

Introduction Why they are Uninsured Do you really need it? Options Coverage through parents Coverage through employer Coverage through individual plans Coverage through HSA's Types of plans Making a choice Money-Saving Tips Insurance Resources Vocabulary

HEALTH - Resources

These resources discuss health insurance and/or affordable health care:

State Insurance Department. The insurance department in most states maintain very useful websites where consumers can learn about health insurance, complaints lodged against particular insurance companies, and health insurance scams. Link to your state's website through this map at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

Health savings accounts. For a thorough discussion of the history, features, benefits, and costs of HSAs, read this Wikipedia article.

Health pamphlets. To order free pamphlets discussing many different health topics, visit this link at the Federal Citizen Information Center.

TexasHealthOptions.com is a website administered by Texas Department of Insurance providing a step-by-step approach to finding health coverage. Most of this information applies to every state.

Healthcare Plans and Options. Charts comparing fee-for-service and managed-care plans from the Texas Department of Insurance.

StudentResources.net provides excellent basic information under ‘Insurance 101,' ‘Insurance at Glance,' and ‘Insurance Details.

Affordable Health Care. Community Health Centers are connected to city or county assistance programs and try to meet the health care needs of the uninsured and underinsured. To find the center nearest you, do a Google search using your city followed by "Community Health Center".

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