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Tobacco, Chronic Disease, Arthritis, Heart Disease,
and Health Disparities Web Sites

Updated August 2003

Tobacco
Tobacco Settlement

Physical Activity and Nutrition
Chronic Disease

Arthritis

Asthma

Cardiovascular Disease

TOBACCO

Action on Smoking and Health http://www.ash.org/	Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids http://www.tobaccofreekids.org

Advocacy Institute's Tobacco Control Project http://www.advocacy.org/tobacco.htm	CDC's Tobacco Information and Prevention Source http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco

American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org	Health Policy Tracking Service (NCSL) http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/hpts/

American Heart Association www.americanheart.org	ImpacTeen, University of Illinois, Chicago http://www.uic.edu/orgs/impacteen/tobacco_fs.htm

American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org	Smoke-Fee Environments Law Project http://www.tcsg.org/sfelp/home.htm

American's for Nonsmokers' Rights http://www.no-smoke.org	Tobacco BBS http://www.tobacco.org

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials http://www.astho.org/?template=state_tobacco.html	Tobacco Control Resource Center, Inc. & The Tobacco Products Liability Project http://www.tobacco.neu.edu/

TOBACCO SETTLEMENT

National Association of Attorneys General http://www.naag.org/issues/tobacco/index.php?smod=399

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND NUTRITION

American Dietetic Association National Center for Nutrition and Dietetics http://www.eatright.org	KidsWalk-to-School: A Guide to Promote Walking to School http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/kidswalk/index.htm

American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org	National Association of Governor's Councils on Physical Fitness and Sports (NAGCPFS) http://www.physicalfitness.org

CDC Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/	National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity http://www.ncppa.org/

CDC Nutrition/Physical Activity Web Site Links http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/dnpalink.htm	Nutrition.gov http://www.nutrition.gov

Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/	P.E. 4 Life http://www.pe4life.com

Food and Nutrition Information Center National Agricultural Library http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic	Team Nutrition U.S. Department of Agriculture http://schoolmeals.nal.usda.gov:8001

Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov American Council for Fitness and Nutrition http://www.acfn.org	The Coca-Cola Company http://www2.coca-cola.com/ourcompany/hal_q&a.html U.S. Department of Agriculture Healthy Eating Environments http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/HealthyEating

Healthy People 2010 http://www.health.gov/healthypeople

CHRONIC DISEASE

CDC National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/	Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/

CDC Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/	Healthy People 2010 http://www.health.gov/healthypeople

CDC Nutrition/Physical Activity Web Site Links http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/dnpalink.htm

ARTHRITIS
Arthritis Foundation http://www.arthritis.org/	CDC: Targeting Arthritis: The Nation's Leading Cause of Disability http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/arthritis.htm

Arthritis Resource Center http://www.healingwell.com/arthritis	National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://www.nih.gov/niams/

National Arthritis Action Plan http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/pdf/naap.pdf	WebMD Health: Arthritis http://my.webmd.com/medical_information/condition_centers/arthritis/default.htm

ASTHMA
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/	WebMD Health: Asthma http://my.webmd.com/medical_information/condition_centers/asthma/default.htm

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org	National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Information Center http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/

CDC: Cardiovascular Disease http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/bb_heartdisease/index.htm	WebMD Health: Heart Disease http://my.webmd.com/medical_information/condition_centers/heart_disease/default.htm

DIABETES
American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org	NIH National Institute on Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov

CDC's Diabetes Public Health Resource http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes	WebMD Health: Diabetes http://my.webmd.com/medical_information/condition_centers/diabetes_1_2/default.htm

OBESITY
American Obesity Association http://www.obesity.org	CDC: Overweight and Obesity http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/index.htm

OSTEOPOROSIS
National Osteoporosis Foundation http://www.nof.org/	Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center http://www.osteo.org/

HEALTH DISPARITIES


Addressing Health Disparities: The NIH Program of Action http://healthdisparities.nih.gov	NIH Strategic Research Plan to Reduce and Ultimately Eliminate Health Disparities http://www.nih.gov/about/hd/strategicplan.pdf

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: Health Disparities Research http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/factsheets/disparity/home.htm	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: The Initiative to Eliminate Race and Ethnic Disparities in Health http://raceandhealth.hhs.gov

Tobacco, Chronic Disease, Arthritis, Heart Disease, and Health Disparities Web Sites

Updated August 2003

Tobacco, Chronic Disease, Arthritis, Heart Disease,
and Health Disparities Web Sites