More Info About Calories
We have researched calories thoroughly and here are some more sites if you would like more reading material:
Great definition of the cause of obesity - consuming too many calories!
http://www.iaso.org/popout.asp?linkto=www.obesityonline.org&site=iaso
Excellent advice from this site: make small effective changes and reduce what you eat.
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3031816
Recognises that learning the currency of the calorie, is paramount to curing obesity and controlling weight loss.
http://home.howstuffworks.com/calorie1.htm
Great reading for kids who are curious about the role of calories.
http://kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/dieting/lose_weight_safely.html
http://kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/dieting/dieting.html
http://kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/dieting/obesity.html
ASA Advertising Standards Agency in South Africa.
Using the kilojoule to replace the calorie as their unit of heat/energy in food.
http://www.asasa.org.za/Default.aspx?mnu_id=67
Good explanation of what causes obesity.
http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/info.cfm?type=Obesity&page=Obesity
Highly recommended site, great information.
http://www.caloriesperhour.com
Calorie control is central to all programs.
http://www.muscle-fitness.co.uk
http://www.dolfzine.com/page188.htm
Helps in understanding the link between the body and calories.
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/nutrition/nutrition_for_everyone/healthy_weight/index.htm
Interesting article entitled "Is a calorie just a calorie?"
http://ironmagazine.com/article165.html
The World's Healthiest Foods List, A-Z
http://www.whfoods.com/foodstoc.php
Look out for the "biggest myth in weight loss" in the FAQs.
http://www.caloriecontrol.org/faqs.html
http://www.caloriecontrol.org/calcount.html
Excellent information about calories and eating.
http://www.arthritis.org/resources/nutrition/calories.asp
Association for the Study of Obesity.
http://www.aso.org.uk/portal.asp?oricmid=162&orictype=header&targetcell=3,0&targetwidth=
4&functionname=aso_oric#oricarticle
USA on Energy.
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/gen99/gen99411.HTM
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/gen99/gen99411.HTM
US, Food and Drug Administration, with a great Q&A.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/owg-qa.html#lbl1
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/owg-qa.html#lbl2
Columbian Education Centre is a consortium of teacher from 14 western states dedicated to improving the quality of education in the rural, western, United States.
http://www.reachoutmichigan.org/funexperiments/quick/eric/calorie.html
Nutritional Data.
http://www.nutritiondata.com/index.html
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/news/testimony/obesity07162003.htm
Americam Obesity Association.
http://www.obesity.org/education/causes.shtml
CIEH media office.
http://www.cieh.org/news/press/cpr2005/cpr2005029.ht
NAASO obesity society.
Federal Trade Commission.
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/11/bigfatliesweep.htm
New South Wales Australia on childhood obesity.
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/obesity/adult/about.html
FDA in America wants to highlight calories on food labels.
http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/news/ng.asp?id=5919
US Rice Federation on rice in healthy eating.
http://nutrition.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=nutrition&zu=
http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usarice.com%2F
MRC human Nutrition Research on obesity and cardiovascular disease.
http://www.mrc-hnr.cam.ac.uk/research/obesity/obesity.html
http://www.mrc-hnr.cam.ac.uk/research/obesity/obesity.html
http://www.nutritionaustralia.org/Corporate_Members_and_Links/Default.asp#weigh
