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Worried about heart disease? Not sure if you're at risk? Ask yourself the following 8 questions about what's putting you at higher risk for heart disease.

Your basal metabolic rate is the amount of energy your body needs to perform basic functions such as breathing and keeping your heart beating. Calculate how much energy your body needs to get you through the day.

Are you at a healthy weight? Calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI) and find out.

Who says you can't compare apples to oranges? Or eggs to eggplant? Explore our database to get calorie counts, sugar stats, and a tally of vitamin and mineral load of thousands of different foods. Find out which foods are full of fibre, free of fat, or the perfect fit for your diet.

Calculate your ideal body weight based on your height.

Stress is a fact of life. It can come from any life change or unexpected event, even a happy one such as a promotion. Do our quiz to find the best way for you to handle stress.

Many factors, such as age, gender and lifestyle can affect your risk of heart disease. Use our interactive health calculator to help determine your risk of heart disease over the next 10 years.

One Canadian child in every four is overweight, and that number is increasing in fact, the rate of obesity in Canadian children has more than doubled in the past two decades. And with this weight gain come health problems such as diabetes and heart disease. We've put together some tips to help you.

Eating out again? Scan the Take-Out Menu first to get the fat and calorie lowdown for hundreds of restaurant menu favorites.

What do you know about nutrition? Test yourself with the following questions: 1. Calcium is essential for strong, healthy teeth and bones. true false 2. Between ages 9 and 18, children build up almost half of their bone mass. true false 3.

Trans fats have been in the news a lot recently. Have you retained the important facts? Test and refresh your knowledge with our Trans Fatty Quiz. We've thrown in some bonus questions on cholesterol as well (the answers appear below). Trans Fatty Quiz What are trans fats? What is hydrogenation? What foods contain trans fats? Why don't I see information on trans fats on all product labels? What are the health reasons for avoiding trans fats? Why do trans fats appear so commonly in food? How can I avoid trans fats? Bonus questions Explain the two types of cholesterol.