• opens new windowAmerican Time Use Survey--Charts by Topic: Leisure and sports activities (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• opens new windowAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly the American Dietetic Association)
• opens new windowAmerican College of Sports Medicine
• opens new windowAmerican Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• opens new windowAmerican Diabetes Association
• opens new windowAmerican Heart Association
• opens new windowAmerican Lung Association
• opens new windowCDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• opens new windowExercise is Medicine
• opens new windowHealthy People 2020
• opens new windowJoslin Diabetes Center
• opens new windowMayo Clinic
• opens new windowNational Athletic Trainers' Association
• opens new windowNational Heart Lung and Blood Institute
• opens new windowNational Institutes of Health
• opens new windowNational Library of Medicine (NLM)
• opens new windowNational Strength and Conditioning Association
• opens new windowNational Weight Control Registry
• opens new windowPhysical Activity Guidelines for Americans (Health.gov)
• opens new windowSpirituality, Medicine & Health Bibliography
• opens new windowSports and Exercise: BLS Spotlight on Statistics (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
  opens new windowhttp://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2008/sports/pdf/sports_bls_spotlight.pdf PDF
• opens new windowUnited States Department of Agriculture: MyPlate
• opens new windowWebMD

• opens new windowAddictionResource
  "...provides resources to help patients and their loved ones so that they may stay on the road to recovery, and can successfully overcome addiction for life." Includes Addiction Guides, Substances, Treatment guides, and more.
• opens new windowHealthFinder.gov (US Dept. of Health and Human Services)
  "a government website where you will find information and tools to help you and those you care about stay healthy"

To find authoritative information on the Web, try searching association Web sites.
Example:

key in your topic(s) AND association or organization.

For government sites, limit the search results to government sites.
Example:

key in your topic(s) AND site:.gov

For research on recreational programs try to locate professional association and organization websites, such as the opens new windowYMCA.Net or opens new windowMBL.com.

opens new windowSpotlight on Statistics: Sports and Exercise provided by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
opens new windowView PDF.

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