Student Resources
Health and Safety Issues

• Activity Calorie Counter -- a calculator for how many calories you have burned!
• Alcohol and other drugs on Campus--a report from the Harvard School of Health that should worry anybody who inhabits a physical body.
• Alcohol: Problems and Solutions--a non-hyped look at the actual facts on alcohol abuse, and policy and legal solutions to alcohol abuse-related problems.
• Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Association
• Anorexia Self-Diagnosis -- free online assessment test. It is an aid to diagnosis and is NOT a substitute for expert clinical judgment by a professional. Seek help locally if needed.
• Ask the Dietitian-- Questions about eating disorders, food allergies, sports nutrition, junk food, fad diets answered here.
• Candy Counter  -- this is a scary one folks, calculate and weep. (it lets you know the calories, saturated fat and regular fat in grams for even one piece of candy corn!!! it is 160 calories for just one little candy corn, yow! chocolate bars are just 160 calories!)
• Cutting (self-mutilation) -- from the Mayo Clinic - Ask A Health Specialist.
• Complete Facts about STDs. -- from the CDC National Prevention Information Network, includes where to get help and basic information (Scroll down).
• Dance Safe -- "is a nonprofit, harm reduction organization promoting health and safety within the rave and nightclub community. Our information and services are directed primarily towards non-addicted, recreational drug users."
• Dating Violence--a fact sheet from the Center for Disease Control provides valuable information about a problem for both male and female students that is far more commonplace than you might think.
• Diseases and Conditions -- your basic health encyclopedia online
• Drunk Driving Fatalities and Injuries--data from MADD and the National Highway Transportation Administration.
• Eating Disorders Shared Awareness--definitions, warning signs, symptoms, how to approach someone you think has the problem.
• Energize your Life!! -- how to get started on an exercise plan.
• Fast Food Finder--nutritional information on fast food. Find out how high in fat those foods really are! Moderation is best.
• Four Food Groups for Vegetarians  -- provides a balanced diet.
• Healthy Body Calculator -- a very neat tool that tells you how many calories to consume with what goal of weight loss. Also calculates your BMI and optimum weight.
• Health Tools -- from Mayo Clinic, it includes Calculators
  • BMI calculator
  • BMI calculator for kids
  • Daily calorie calculator
  • Heart disease risk calculator
  • Pregnancy due date calculator
  • Skin type calculator
  • Target heart rate calculator

  Self-assessments

  • Depression self-assessment
  • Is work stressing you out?
  • Prostate symptoms self-assessment
  • Your healthy weight pyramid: A tool for weight loss

  More Tools

  • Quizzes
  • Slide Shows
  • Video
• Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention
• How Not to Get Hit by Cars -- for those with bicycles... "This is a far cry from normal bicycle safety guides, which usually tell you little more than to wear your helmet and to follow the law. Don't confuse wearing a helmet with biking safely. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. It's better to not get hit. That's what real bicycle safety is about." very useful tips for preventing car on bike intimacy."
• Men's Health Issues
• Minnesota Higher Education Center Against Violence and Abuse
• Rape Prevention Measures--an excellent set of guidelines for avoiding rape by acquaintances or strangers.
• Science of Sex -- Anne Machalinski, Aili McConnon and Christie Nicholson met at Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism in May 2005. The Science of Sex is the multimedia masters project they created during the summer semester of 2006. Won a Webby Award for 2007.
• Security on Campus--tips for keeping yourself safe.
• Sports Injuries -- not a substitute for a doctor, but some basic info on all sorts of conditions you may run into as a college  athlete, varsity OR intramural!
• Student Counseling Virtual Pamphlet Collection--with advice on all kinds of problems, like study skills, stress, relationships, eating disorders.
• Wing of Madness: a depression guide-- includes symptoms and resources especially designed for women and girls. Click here for a depression guide especially designed for men.