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This website is awesome. It lists some of the country's healthcare reform organizations. All these organizations are working to prevent childhood obesity and make communities healthier.

Alliance for a Healthier Generation is a program run by the American Heart Association. This website allows access to the blogs that the program writes. Blogs that inform the public of events and news. The purpose of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation is to "create a healthier generation and positively affect the places that can make a difference to a child's health: homes, schools, restaurants, doctors' offices and communities".

This website is for the national organization The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity. The organization aims to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by changing public policies and creating healthier environments in schools and communities.

Twitter is a social networking site that allows you to reach millions of people and spread whatever message you want instantly. It's very helpful when you want to communicate about topics happening in real time.

This website provides results of recent track meets and other important news that occurs in the track and field world. I like this website because I can keep up with the lastest and greatest athletes in the sport.

This website offers wisdom, newsletters, health, and more. It offers daily tips on a wide variety of health topics.

This website is based off a magazine distributed all over the world. It depicts different yoga poses, mind and body health, holistic healing, and wisdom. It also teaches families and parents about food and habitat wellness and proper self-care. Yoga news, controversial issues about yoga used as medicine and daily blogs are also contained within this website. There is also a link that will give you ideas for music while performing yoga. This magazine has been around for 30 years and written by credible authors. Check is out and sign up for a free issue.

Like the Website says, Expert Info, Community know-how. This website is a great website for dog lovers everywhere. There are breeds of the day, new tips and up to date information on the best health care, new ways to train or treat your best friend. There is a link where you can find a recommended vet near you, the most adoptable dog of the day, even support blogs and articles provided. Every dog lover should check it out! You can become a member and its free to join!

This is a very beneficial webpage that allows access to numerous resources to health promotion and education. It is a collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organizations and health sciences libraries. I found this to be very helpful in my searches for career choices as well as to find internships and just to be involved in general with health organizations.

The Oxford Journals are journal entries of health related controversies or new procedures and innovations in the health field. You can search related publications to those of the most recent volume published as well as through the archives for any other health related journal entry. These Journals are constantly updated to keep you up to date on the current health topics discussed.

This is the ultimate source for health promotion. This website is where you can find everything that is happening in the world, not just in the Americas. There are links that provide you with statistics, data, articles, employment opportunities and much more. If you need to find a health related topic you can find it through their search engine.

This non-profit organization offers help to those in need, allows others to volunteer, and provides support for patients and their families. This organization promotes wellness as well as educates the public about cancer, the risks, and how to avoid certain types of cancer. This website also allows people to donate to the cause and to support patients and their families.

This is a promotional organization that targets students and young adults. They promote healthy lifestyles and life choices. They provide education and resources to the readers, as well as offer the opportunity to donate and support their cause.

This is a non-profit organization that promotes wellness as well as educates the public on heart health and related issues. There are also inspirational stories of hope posted by survivors of heart disease, attacks and cancers.

This particular website allows you to conduct searches within their medical database to self educate. This is a form of promotion and education that is available to the masses at any given time. This particular article discusses important information on pre-natal care for women and babies.

I chose this bookmark because it is the blog of two of my favorite photographers. They own a photography company together and take beautiful pictures of not only people in their happiest moments, but also nature. The website gives you information on how to contact them, shows you their portfolio, and gives you the latest news on the company.

I used this bookmark because one of my passions is photography and you can learn a lot from this website. It lists accredited courses you can take (even online ones), competitions you can enter, and how to get your work copyrighted. It also has online "webinars" to help you with ideas and learn about new equipment.

Photo Eye is a website designed to have almost everything you need regarding photography. It has its own magazine, bookstore, gallery, and even auctions off photographers famous photos. It also gives you a map of popular galleries and museums near your location.

ACE is a nonprofit organization committed to enriching quality of life through safe and effective exercise and physical activity. This website not only contains links for the community such as blogs, facebook, twitter, RSS feeds, and newsletters. It has recipes, workouts, ways to access a personal trainer, and ways to get certified as a personal trainer. This website is legit: they have all four core ACE certifications that were accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA).

This website offers links to 9 different projects that Bright Futures is currently doing. Focused at the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Bright Futures initiative aims to promote and improve the health, education, and well-being of infants, children, adolescents, families, and communities. It provides information and resources on health promotion and awareness.

This website is informing current practitioners in what is going on at the research and clinical level in their fields. It tells about the studies currently going on as well as information from past ones that pertains to rehabilitation process and the best methods out there. This is very cool for me because things in the medical and health community change very often and it is nice to know where to go to get the best updates.