January is National Healthy Weight Month!

During the entire month of January, it's time to celebrate healthy lifestyles that last a lifetime — no matter what your size — and prevent eating and weight problems.

Preferred Care is committed to helping you eat well, live actively, and feel good about yourself and others. It's a welcome change from the dieting stress that typically begins with the New Year!

You can find many simple and easy resources right here on the Preferred Care Web site (just visit our Health & Wellness section) that will help you learn more about how to achieve a healthy weight, facing eating disorders such as overeating, anorexia or bulimia, and taking a closer look at how food fits into your life. It's time to live well!

Healthy Attitudes and Self-Image

•	Celebrate Health at any Size Live-well ideas for loving the way you look that can help you enjoy a healthier life!
•	Reasons Not to Diet The next fad diet may promise fast results, but take a look at some great reasons not to try it.
•	Aim for a Healthy Weight Web Site (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
•	Learn more about Eating Disorders in the Preferred Care online Health Encyclopedia.

Helpful Measuring Tools

•	Body Mass Index Calculator  (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
•	What's a Serving? Try our quick tips to help make it easier for you take charge of healthy serving sizes.
•	Is Your Weight Increasing Your Health Risks?  (Interactive Tool)
•	How Many Calories Did You Burn? (Interactive Tool)

Weight Management Resources and Interactive Tools

•	Visit Healthy Weight in the Preferred Care online Health Encyclopedia to find out what affects your weight, get the facts on weight-loss diets and learn how you can change your weight and live healthier.
•	Normal Eating for Health & Wellness What exactly is "normal" eating, and why is it important for you and your family?
•	For how-to's tips and tools, visit Healthy Eating Basics and Healthy Eating for Children in the Preferred Care online Health Encyclopedia.
•	Interactive Portion Distortion Quiz (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
•	Six Supermarket Strategies The choices you make at the grocery store are an important part of eating right and living well.

Last updated: December 19, 2005