Let us support you through the hardest part of a new resolution -- the beginning! Here are some NCHPAD resources that may assist you in a happy and healthy start to 2008:

• Need to "see it to believe it?" View video-enabled factsheets at http://www.ncpad.org/content/61/Video to see if an activity sparks your interest in your quest to increase daily activity levels.
• Check out our resources on nutrition at http://www.ncpad.org/content/12/Health~Promotion~Nutrition to help get you on track for healthy eating.
• Share your goals and progress as well as obtain useful ideas from others by visiting and participating in the NCHPAD Forums at http://www.ncpad.org/phpBB/.
• Can't find the answer to a question? Contact an Information Specialist with questions regarding how to get started on your healthy goals. We offer a free information service on a wide area of topics related to physical activity, fitness, recreation, sports, and disability and chronic conditions. Complete an online request form at: http://www.ncpad.org/contact/ or call us toll-free at 800-900-8086.

New NCHPAD Document: Planning for Inclusion: Implementing an Accessibility Management Program in a Parks and Recreation Business Model
This new document, written by Jennifer Skulski of the National Center on Accessibility, describes how people with disabilities are still experiencing significant barriers at recreation facilities and parks and offers insight into how an accessibility management program can be successful. To access this new document, go to http://www.ncpad.org/523/2440/Planning~for~Inclusion~~Implementing~an~Accessibility~
Management~Program~in~a~Parks~and~Recreation~Business~
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NCHPAD Staff Spotlight: Book Chapter on Wellness through Physical Activity

Sheila Swann-Guerrero, a NCHPAD information specialist, is a co-author of a chapter on Wellness through Physical Activity in the newly released Foundations of Therapeutic Recreation. For more information on this book, read this month's Book Corner.

Monthly Observances:

Health Awareness and Healthy Weight Week, January 21-27, 2008

For more information on achieving healthy weight, as well as special features on the current childhood obesity crisis and other topics, go to www.healthyweight.net

NCHPAD Resources on nutrition, weight, and BMI:

• Sometimes It's Necessary to Gain Weight at http://www.ncpad.org/307/1908/Sometimes~It~s~Necessary~to~Gain~Weight
• Eating Breakfast as a Weight Management Tool at http://www.ncpad.org/242/1593/Eating~Breakfast~as~a~Weight~Management~Tool
• Children with Disabilities and Obesity at http://www.ncpad.org/433/2272/Children~with~Disabilities~and~Obesity
• Directors Column: 2004-01 Issue: Here We Go Again: Another New Year's Resolution to Shed Those Dreadful Pounds! at http://www.ncpad.org/187/1366/2004-01~Issue~~Here~We~Go~Again~~Another~New~
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• F.I.T.T. Column: Are You at Risk? Understanding BMI and What it Means to You at http://www.ncpad.org/342/2021/Are~You~At~Risk~~Understanding~BMI~and~What~It~
  Means~to~You