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How the Tutor Can Help You?
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about whether to buy it or not? Don’t hesitate...read the following details.
It’s
user-friendly:
All of the navigation takes place at the click of a button or a tab.
People who have never used a computer before have sat down with the Computer
Tutor and not only used it successfully, one reported that she had discovered
that “Computers aren’t Totally Scary.”
It’s
been thoroughly tested:
Analysts from the Sagekey Software Installation company spent eight hours
checking not only the program itself for bugs but also the installation
program as well. They state that the Computer Tutor performs well on Windows
98, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows NT.
Many dozens of users have tested copies of the program before it was sent
to the manufacturer.
It’s
scientifically accurate:
The information comes from the following authoritative sources: the US Department
of Health and Human Services; the Centers for Disease Control; the US Department
of Agriculture; the American Heart Association; the American Diabetes Association;
the American Cancer Society; the Harvard Medical School; and the Yale Medical
School. The premise of the Computer Tutor is that it will only include
information which is scientifically sound, as evidenced by coming from
science-based sources.
It provides in-depth information:
It gives
in-depth information about the 12-Steps to a Healthier U. For example, for
Week Three, Healthy U recommends that individuals begin consuming at
least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day. But what constitutes
a serving? And why should anyone care? At the click of a button, the user
will find answers, and much more, including recipes and tips for incorporating
more of these life-saving foods into your diet.
There’s
a wide range of medical information available at the click of a button:
• Do you want to know more about high blood pressure? Click the
green button near where you record your blood pressure and you’ll
come to information from both the American Heart Association and Health
and Human Services that
will tell you what the numbers mean, how much your numbers put you at risk,
and if you want to lower your blood pressure, tips on how to do so.
• There’s also information on many additional topics including
such things as the meaning of your Body Mass Index number (the computer calculates
this
for you) or what constitutes moderate or vigorous exercise for you and why
this is important to your health.
It's personalized:
The Private Tutor calls you by name, and gives you information on your
heart rate,
training rate, body mass index and preventive
screening schedule for your age and gender.
It's a place to track your diet, exercise
and other personal records:
It gives you a place
to record your weight, your daily exercise, your mood, your energy level,
how well you
slept, and how well you followed the USDA’s
Food Pyramid. (The Food Pyramid is a way of tracking that you are getting
a balanced diet, one that includes the vitamins, minerals, fiber and other
nutrients that you need to be healthy and energetic.)
It gives you a place to record your goals:
It gives you a place
to record your goals. On a day when you don’t
feel like blowing it all, The Tutor helps to look at why you started the
program. (For the record, the top three reasons given by the 6000 people
who signed up for Healthy U in 2003 were: lose weight, increase wellness
and increase self-esteem.)
It's a place to record medical information:
It’s a place
to record medical information so you can have it at your finger tips, such
as blood pressure,
pulse, medications and so on.
You can chart health relationships that
you may never have thought of:
After you’ve
been using the Tutor for a week or so, you can see graphs that chart relationships
that
you might not expect. You can see how your
energy level and your exercise track each other, or how well you slept on
days that you exercise a lot or a little. There are seven different ways
of tracking the information, and although some of the users found no relationships,
others found big correlations that they had never thought about
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