National Eating Disorders Awareness Week may be coming to a close, but it’s National Nutrition Month all month long. How are you doing in that area? Are you eating right? Are you giving your body everything it needs to function at its best?
Here are some resources to help you figure it out:

Basic Nutrition Quiz
How Does Your Diet Rate?
Nutrition, Cholesterol, and Fat Calculator
How Many Calories Do You Need?
The Calorie Quiz: What’s Your Magic Number For Weight Loss?
How Healthy Is Your Diet?
Which Foods Have the Most of These Nutrients?
Chocolate Is a Health Food?
Nutrition (and Fitness) Quizzes from the Center …read more

Thanks to Hsien over at Genetics and Health for cluing me into the fact that this week is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. As a disordered eater, I can’t say enough good things about an awareness event that educates people about eating disorders and helps to remove some of the stigma. There’s no stereotype here. You can be overweight and have an eating disorder. You can be underweight and have an eating disorder. You can be perfectly average and have an eating disorder. Race, gender, age, nationality — none of them mean a thing …read more