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In addition to the physical benefits exercise offers, there are many positive impacts a daily workout routine will have on your emotional and mental health.

Within this section you’ll find tips and advice on a number of health related topics from various websites and nutrition experts.

Topics which cover exercises you can do at home (or in your dorm); healthy ways to reduce stress, anxiety and depression; how to identify unhealthy physical and emotional habits and behaviors; and steps you can take to avoid certain illnesses and viruses.

Women's Health

  • Women's Health Magazine (https://www.womenshealthmag.com/)
  • 8 Tips for College Women's Health & Safety (https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/features/college/index.html ) 

Men's Health

  • Men's Health Topics (www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/menshealth.html)

Stress

  • Stress Management (www.creditguru.com/stress.htm)
  • Stress (stress.about.com/)
  • American Institute of Stress  (www.stress.org)

Sexual Assault

  • Violence & Prevention programming (www.drake.edu/violence-prevention/)

Traveler's Health

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (www.cdc.gov/travel/)

AIDS information

  • US dept of Health and Human services (www.aidsinfo.nih.gov)

Sexually Transmitted Infections

  • American Social Health Assoc. (www.ashastd.org)
  • Go Ask Alice (www.goaskalice.columbia.edu)
  • Center for Disease Control (www.cdc.gov/STD/)

Alcohol and Drugs

  • National Institute of Health on Drug Abuse (www.drugabuse.gov)
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse (www.niaaa.nih.gov)

General Health Topics

  • Village Health (www.ivillagehealth.com)
  • Health Finder (www.healthfinder.gov)
  • Vaccine Information in Various Languages (www.immunize.org/vis)

Food and Nutrition

  • American Dietetic Association (www.eatright.org )

Smoking and Tobacco Prevention

  • CDC website (www.cdc.gov/tobacco)
  • Smoking cessation (www.tobaccofree.org)

Eating Disorders

  • Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders (www.anad.org/)
  • National Eating Disorders (www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/)
  • Innerbody (https://www.innerbody.com/eating-disorders) 

Fitness

  • Gatorade Sports Science (www.gssiweb.com)
  • LIVESTRONG My Plate Calorie Counter (www.livestrong.com/myplate/)
  • American Council on Exercise (ACE) (www.acefitness.org)

Mental Health

  • Mental Health (www.ulifeline.com)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (www.nimh.nih.gov)
  • Freedom from Fear (www.freedomfromfear.org)

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