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Nutrition and Fitness

Wednesday 20th August 2008

Tools

Waist-to-Hip Ratio Calculator

Your waist-to-hip ratio is an important tool that helps you determine your overall health risk. Using a measuring tape, measure your hip circumference at it's widest part and measure your waist circumference at the belly button or just above it.

  » Use waist-to-hip ratio calculator
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Fruit and vegetable portion calculator

You probably know you should eat '5 a day' – but what makes a single portion?

Use our tool to work out how much of your favourite fruit and vegetables you need to eat. Simply choose your fruit or vegetable and our calculator will work out how much this contributes to your '5 a day'.

  » Use Portion Calculator (new window)


Interactive alcohol tool

The past decade has seen a huge increase in the number of people regularly drinking to excess, and a corresponding rise in alcohol-related health problems.

Use our calculator to find out how many units you consumed on a particular occasion - and to give you an idea of the number of units represented by different types and volumes of alcohol.

  » Use Interactive alcohol tool (new window)


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