Web Resources for Lesson 23: Take Care of Your Machine

Web Hunt: Nutrition and Health Maintenance

Using your favorite search engine, access the Internet to find at least two (2) sites that offer tips on good nutrition and health maintenance. You may use any of the following keywords, or come up with some of your own: "health," "nutrition," "fitness," "health and nutrition," "health and fitness." If you have trouble finding sites on this subject, you may wish to visit:

• http://www.medicinenet.com
• http://drkoop.com
• http://www.campuslife.utoronto.ca/handbook/06-GettingFitAndHealthy.html
• http://www.nau.edu/~fronske/
• http://www.wellweb.com/preview/zpre.htm
• http://www.navigator.tufts.edu/
• http://www.vegweb.com:80

Write a brief review of what you found. List the URL of each site, and offer an evaluation. Did you learn anything of value at the site? Who might benefit from it? Would you recommend it to your fellow students? Why or why not?

Be ready to share this written review with your class.

Web Hunt: Eating Disorders

Using your favorite search engine, access the Internet to find at least two (2) sites that offer advice on identifying and dealing with eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia. You may use any of the following keywords, or come up with some of your own: "eating disorders," "anorexia," "bulimia," "compulsive overeating," "binge eating." If you have trouble finding sites on this subject, you may wish to visit:

• http://www.anred.com/

Write a brief review of what you found. List the URL of each site, and offer an evaluation. Did you learn anything of value at the site? Who might benefit from it? Would you recommend it to your fellow students? Why or why not?

Be ready to share this written review with your class.

Web Hunt: Stress and Anxiety

Using your favorite search engine, access the Internet to find at least two (2) sites that offer advice on how to deal with stress and anxiety. You may use any of the following keywords, or come up with some of your own: "stress," "stress management," "anxiety," "stress in the workplace," "stress and college students."

Write a brief review of what you found. List the URL of each site, and offer an evaluation. Did you learn anything of value at the site? Who might benefit from it? Would you recommend it to your fellow students? Why or why not?

Be ready to share this written review with your class.

Houghton Mifflin Student Success site, exercises for chapter 11 of Ellis text.

Please note: The World Wide Web is an ever-changing environment. URLs frequently become outdated, obsolete, and/or change when Internet sites are updated, or servers become disabled. If you are not able to access one of the URLs listed above, try the following: access the host name only; log on to search engines; or try the URL the following day. If you are still unable to access URLs we have listed at this site, there is a good chance that the site has been disabled.It is our intention to keep this site up-to-date. We would greatly appreciate any feedback you can give us.

Please contact us and let us know if there are URLs in our listings that are no longer accessible.

Special Thanks and Credit go to:

• Tufts University Nutrition Navigator.
• Wellness Web, a comprehensive health and wellness site with sections on Cancer, heart disease, women’s health, seniors, nutrition and fitness, and smoking cessation, among others.
• Fronske Health Center, Northern Arizona University.
• ANRED, Inc., Eugene, Oregon.

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