Health Tools

Food Search:

This is an excellent food search which provides a quick overview of the crucial facts about the food you look for. (energy, fats, protein, carbohydrates, fibre, sodium etc)

Body Mass Index (BMI):

BMI is a measure of boy fat based on weight and height for adult men and women.

To use calculator move the sliders to the correct weight and height.

Under 18 - you are very underweight or possibly malnourished.
Under 20 - you are underweight and could afford to gain a some weight.
20 to 25 - you are in a healthy weight range for young and middle aged adults.
26 to 30 - you are overweight
Over 30 - you are obese.

Notes:

BMI calculations will overestimate the amount of body fat for:

Body builders
Some high performance athletes
Pregnant women.

BMI calculations will underestimate the amount of body fat for:

The elderly
People with a physical disability who are unable to walk and may have muscle wasting.

Daily Diabetes Diet Counter

This neat little tool allows you to count calories, starch, vegetable, fruit, milk, meat and fat intake as the day goes on. It can be used offline as well and gives limits on the maximum types of foods they should have each day.