Prevention Resources

Achieving a Healthy Weight

• Body Weight Planner - NIH - NIDDK
• Calculate your BMI - NIH - Find an estimate of your ideal weight
• MyFitnessPal.com - One option to keep track of what you eat
• Try the Mediterranean diet, after reviewing a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine
• More positive news on the Mediterranean diet in The New York Times.
• More information on Eating Healthy on a Budget from the USDA.

Lowering Cholesterol

• Top 5 Foods to Lower Your Numbers - MayoClinic.com
• Risk Assessment Tool - Calculate your 10 year risk of having a vascular event.
• The Effects of Lowering LDL Cholesterol with Statin Therapy... - The Lancet

Quiting Smoking

• Quit Smoking Today - NIH

Limiting Alcohol Intake

• What is "low risk" drinking? - NIH
• Dallas AA Groups - Lambda and Preston groups have frequent meetings

Vaccination Recommendations

• Adult Vaccination Schedule - CDC
• Adult Vaccine Assessment Tool - CDC

Creating Healthy Interpersonal Relationships

• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen R. Covey
• Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment - Amer Levine, MD and Rachel S.F. Heller, MA
• The Language of Letting Go - Melody Beattie - (iPhone) or (Android) - For anyone recovering from a less than ideal past.
• Passionate Marriage - Keeping Love & Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships - David Schnarch, PhD
• The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World - Alan Downs, PhD