NHLBIHIN

An independent reference site preserving archived health tools, recipes, publications and slide sets that were once published from this web address.

The pages here are rebuilt from archived copies of the originals. Where the original text is available it is reproduced as published, and where an item could not be recovered the page says so. This page is the index: each link below says what the page it leads to contains.

Tools

Calculators and planners from the original site, rebuilt to run in the browser. Nothing entered is sent anywhere.

10-year CVD Risk Calculator: Estimates the 10-year risk of a heart attack or coronary death from age, sex, total and HDL cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, blood pressure treatment and smoking, using the ATP III Framingham point tables. It has a public and a health professional version, and the ATP III quick desk reference is reproduced beneath it.
Portion Distortion quizzes: Both Portion Distortion quizzes in full, slide by slide: the portion and calories of each food 20 years ago and today, the calorie difference, and how long a named activity takes to burn it off. Three of the original interactive question pages are kept as well.
Interactive Menu Planner: Adds up a day of meals against a target of 1200 to 2000 calories. Foods come from the archived planner's seven food-group lists, in half-serving steps, with running totals for calories, fat and carbohydrate.
BMI Calculator: Calculates body mass index from height and weight in U.S. or metric units and shows the adult category, a height and weight chart, and the archived table that pairs BMI with waist circumference.
Keep an Eye on Portion Size: The archived page on the difference between a portion and a serving, with the Serving Size Card to download.

Recipes

The archived healthy-eating recipe collection holds 119 recipes. Each recipe page gives the ingredients, the directions, preparation and cooking times, and nutrition figures per serving. The category pages list the recipes of one kind:

Beef main dishes: 9 recipes, including Beef Steak With Carrots and Mint and Beef Steak With Light Tomato Mushroom Sauce.
Poultry main dishes: 24 recipes, including "Fried" Rice and Chicken and 20-Minute Chicken Creole.
Seafood main dishes: 10 recipes, including Asian-Style Steamed Salmon and Baja-Style Salmon Tacos.
Pork main dishes: 5 recipes, including Baked Pork Chops and Baked Pork Chops With Apple Cranberry Sauce.
Pasta main dishes: 16 recipes, including Bowtie Pasta With Chicken, Broccoli, and Feta and Buttons and Bows Pasta.
Vegetarian main dishes: 10 recipes, including Broccoli With Asian Tofu and Caribbean Casserole.
Vegetable side dishes: 19 recipes, including Asparagus With Lemon Sauce and Autumn Salad.
Grain side dishes: 13 recipes, including Couscous With Carrots, Walnuts, and Raisins and Good-for-You Cornbread.
Lunch and brunch: 5 recipes, including Baked French Toast Fritters With Apples and Bananas and Oatmeal Pecan Waffles (or Pancakes).
Snacks: 8 recipes, including Bruschetta and Celery With Cream Cheese Mousse.

Publications

The publications catalog has a page for every item of the old catalog. For 166 of them the text of the booklet or fact sheet itself was recovered and is reproduced in full after the catalog record. Among them:

Third Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (ATP III Final Report): Item 5215: the full text, about 136,300 words.
Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults: The Evidence Report: Item 4083: the full text, about 104,300 words.
The Practical Guide: Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults: Item 00-4084: the full text, about 32,200 words.
Keep the Beat ™ Recipes: Deliciously Healthy Dinners: Item 10-2921: the full text, about 25,200 words.
Keep the Beat: Heart Healthy Recipes from the: Item 03-2921: the full text, about 24,200 words.
Keep the Beat: Heart Healthy Recipes from the: Item 03-2921: the full text, about 24,200 words.
Your Guide to Lowering Cholesterol With Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC): Item 06-5235: the full text, about 19,100 words.
Aim for a Healthy Weight Patient Booklet: Item 05-5213: the full text, about 12,600 words.

Topics

Each topic page lists every tool, publication and archived page on one subject, with a line on what each contains.

Heart health: 119 items: 80 publications with full text, 38 archived pages, 1 tool.
Cholesterol: 29 items: 9 publications with full text, 19 archived pages, 1 tool.
Blood pressure: 79 items: 29 publications with full text, 49 archived pages, 1 tool.
Healthy eating: 54 items: 18 publications with full text, 24 archived pages, 2 tools, 10 recipe categories.
Physical activity: 13 items: 12 publications with full text, 0 archived pages, 1 tool.
Healthy weight: 25 items: 15 publications with full text, 8 archived pages, 2 tools.
Asthma: 49 items: 11 publications with full text, 38 archived pages.
Sleep: 13 items: 10 publications with full text, 3 archived pages.
Women's heart health: 21 items: 16 publications with full text, 4 archived pages, 1 tool.

Guides

New editorial guides written for this site, separate from the archive, with cited current sources.

Does Exercise Lower Blood Pressure? What the Sources Say: Yes: regular physical activity can lower blood pressure. Sources give at least 150 minutes a week of moderate aerobic activity, after a provider check.
Heart-Healthy Cooking for Beginners: 3 Label Numbers: Heart-healthy cooking starts with three label figures: 20 g saturated fat, 2,300 mg sodium and 50 g added sugars a day, plus a few simple swaps.
How Does Sleep Affect Heart Health and Blood Pressure?: Blood pressure and heart rate fall in non-REM sleep. Too little quality sleep can raise your risk of heart disease, high blood pressure and stroke.
How Much Physical Activity Do Adults Need Each Week?: Adults need at least 150 to 300 minutes of moderate or 75 to 150 minutes of vigorous aerobic activity a week, plus strengthening on 2 or more days.
How Much Sleep Do Adults Need? 7 to 9 Hours a Night: Experts recommend adults sleep 7 to 9 hours a night, and older adults need about the same amount. Teens 13 to 18 should sleep 8 to 10 hours per day.
How to Read Cholesterol Test Results: The Cut-Points: Adult cut-points: total cholesterol under 200 mg/dL, LDL under 100, HDL 60 or higher, triglycerides under 150. How to read each line of a lipid panel.
How to Start Walking for Exercise: Minutes, Pace, Safety: Start slowly: 5 minutes at a time, or 5 brisk minutes between a 5-minute warm-up and cool-down, then add minutes each week. Pace, shoes and 911 signs.
Portion Size vs Serving Size: What the Label Means: A portion is what you choose to eat; a serving is the amount on the Nutrition Facts label. Two 280-calorie servings make a 560-calorie portion.
Tesamorelin and Visceral Fat: What the 26-Week Trial Found: In a 26-week trial of 412 patients with HIV, visceral fat fell 15.2% on tesamorelin and rose 5.0% on placebo. Its label lists one approved use.
What Do Blood Pressure Numbers Mean? Top vs Bottom Number: The top (systolic) number is pressure as the heart beats; the bottom (diastolic) is between beats. Below 120/80 mm Hg is normal; 130/80 or more is high.
What Is the DASH Eating Plan? Servings and Sodium Limits: At 2,000 calories DASH sets 6-8 grain, 4-5 vegetable, 4-5 fruit and 2-3 low-fat dairy servings a day, with sodium capped at 2,300 or 1,500 mg.

Cholesterol and heart health reference

National Cholesterol Education Month: The archived cholesterol month page and its 2007 kit on one page: the welcome letter, drop-in articles, ten activity ideas, questions and answers on the food label, the pledge, the progress chart and the resource list.
Cholesterol guideline slide sets: The menu of the ATP III guidelines slide sets, with a text version of each part and the original slide files.
JNC 7 slide set, text version: The text of every slide of the slide set on the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on high blood pressure.
National High Blood Pressure Education Month: The archived education month page: materials and activity ideas for blood pressure screening and education events.
Heart disease mortality maps: The contents page of the archived atlas of coronary heart disease and stroke death rates by health service area, with its introduction and data notes.
Women's Heart Health Education Initiative: The archived description of the initiative launched in 2001, with its workshop highlights and campaign updates.
All slide sets: Every recovered education slide set, including the Portion Distortion, obesity, asthma and blood pressure sets.

About this archive

Materials are shown as archived reference, not as current clinical guidance. The full archive lists every recovered section page by page, News holds the archived newsletter pages, and Project profiles the archived health education projects. For how this site came to be and how it is run, see About; for questions, see Contact.