Links to Fitness, Personal Health, and Nutrition Sites on the Net

Health & Wellness

• American Heart Association
• Health Links on YAHOO
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• National Cancer Institute
• Prostate Health
  The Worldwide Prostate Health Registry and Patient Information Source: An Official Web Site of the Prostate Health Council of the American Foundation for Urologic Disease, Inc. (Made possible by an unrestricted educational grant from MERCK).

Healthopedia.com - Comprehensive and credible health information

Nutrition

• American Dietetics Association
  Site contains current and reliable health and nutrition related information. "The ADA and its National Center for Nutrition and Dietetics promote optimal nutrition, health and well being."
• Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)
  "The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is a nonprofit education and advocacy organization that focuses on improving the safety and nutritional quality of our food supply and on reducing the carnage caused by alcoholic beverages. CSPI seeks to promote health through educating the public about nutrition and alcohol; it represents citizens' interests before legislative, regulatory, and judicial bodies; and it works to ensure that advances in science are used for the public's good."
• Food and Drug Administration
  "First and foremost, FDA is a public health agency, charged with protecting American consumers by enforcing the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and several related public health laws."
• LOS ANGELES COUNTY NUTRITION PROGRAM
  "The mission of the [Los Angeles County] Nutrition Program is to advance public health nutrition through nutrition assessment and surveillance, nutrition policy development, and assurance of nutrition services to protect the public's health."

Personal Safety

• National Institute on Drug Abuse
  Fact sheet on Rohypnol (Flunitrazepam) by the National Institute on Drug Abuse from the Epidemiologic Trends in Drug Abuse-Advance Report by the Community Epidemiology Work Group, June 1995.
• The Metro Toronto Research Group
  General information describing the ultra-potent sedative rohypnol (Flunitrazepam). Posted August 30th, 1996, by The Metro Toronto Research Group on Drug Use.
• The Minnesota Daily
  Two page article titled "Has ‘rape-drug' come to campus?" by Joel Sawyer, The Minnesota Daily staff reporter. Posted October 17, 1996.
• Poster
  Poster describing a scenario of a male who won't accept a "no" from his female companion. Original poster was found on "http://www.cs.utk.edu/~bartley/cos/noPoster.html" which currently appears to be an inactive link.
• Sexual Assault Information Page
  The Sexual Assault Information Page (SAIP) is a not-for-profit information and referral service created and maintained by Chris Bartley. SAIP provides information concerning acquaintance rape, child sexual abuse/assault, incest, rape, ritual abuse, sexual assault, and sexual harassment. A bi-monthly electronic newsletter is available free of charge.

Daniel Frankl, Ph.D., Professor
School of Kinesiology and Nutritional Science
California State University, Los Angeles
5151 State University Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90032-8162
Phone: (323) 343-4662
Fax: (323) 343-6482