Check out these links for more information on how to exercise and maintain your physical health:
WELLNESS RESOURCESGeneral Physical Health Information
Medical student well being from American Medical Student Association
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research: up-to-date information and tools
Information on how to start living healthy from the Hawaii State Department of Health
Healthfinder: Federal Website with links to selected information and websites from over 1,700 health-related organizations.
Exercise and Fitness
www.amsa.org/pdf/PhysicalActivity.pdf
Health Dialogues: A site on Physical Activity by the American Medical Student Association
Information related to the American College of Sports Medicine's mission to advance and integrate scientific research to provide educational and practical applications of exercise science and sports medicine
American Council on Exercise: Fit Facts – distributable one-page information sheets covering 100 health and fitness topics. Also, check out the link to free exercises providing instructions and photographs of exercises that can be done in the gym or at home.
Advice and reviews from a certified personal trainer and other experts
The Women's Sports Foundation, founded in 1974 by Billie Jean King, is a charitable educational organization dedicated to advancing the lives of girls and women through sports and physical activity.
Nutrition
www.amsa.org/pdf/Nutrition.pdf
Health Dialogues: A site on nutrition from the American Medical Student Association
Nutrition information from The American Society for Nutritional Sciences
The Journal of Nutrition
Federal resource to all online federal goverment information on nutrition
USDA: Food and Nutrition information including food safty and the food pyramid.
Advice and reviews from nutritional experts
http://ods.od.nih.gov/showpage.aspx?pageid=48
NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, IBIDS Database.
Sleep
Advice from the National Sleep Foundation
www.stanford.edu/~dement/epworth.html
How Sleepy are you? The Epworth Sleepiness Scale from Stanford University
www.stanford.edu/~dement/sss.html
Rate your alertness during different times of the day with the Stanford Sleepiness Scale
www.stanford.edu/~dement/sleepless.html
An Article on how sleep affects student's waking lives by William Dement, M.D., Ph.D
www.surgery.ucsd.edu/ent/DAVIDSON/SleepDisorders.pdf
A primer for sleep medicine from UCSD to inform medical students about sleep disorders to prevent morbidtity and mortality in their patients and themselves
Smoking
www.amsa.org/pdf/TobaccoUse.pdf
Health Dialogues: A site on tobacco use by the American Medical Student Association