Assessment Tools
Whether you want to see where you are or start a whole new way of life, many assessment tools exist. Self-tests, quizzes and calculators can help you learn more and point you on the path towards where you want to be.
Disease prevention (physical wellness)
Physical activity (physical wellness)
Physical wellness (general)
- 50-question holistic lifestyle assessments: For teens, college students, adults and older adults
- Body Mass Index (CDC): Body Mass Index (BMI) is one way that people can screen for weight categories that may lead to health problems.
- Health At Every Size (HAES): HAES encourages people to use and appreciate the bodies they have, reducing the negative consequences of yo-yo dieting and shame.
Disease prevention
- Quiz: Know When Antibiotics Work (CDC)
- Self-assessments for depression, anxiety, alcohol use and stress (Employee Assistance Office)
- Family History Portrait (HHS)
- Quiz: Adolescent and Adult Vaccines (CDC)
- Estimating Your 10-year Risk of Having a Heart Attack (National Cholesterol Education Program)
Nutrition
- (National Heart Lung and Blood Institute) Portion Distortion: Do You Know How Food Portions Have Changed in 20 Years?
- My Plate (USDA)
- My Pyramid (USDA)
- SuperTracker meal planning tool (HHS)
- Healthy Eating for a Healthy Weight (CDC)
- Balancing Calories (CDC): Includes food and activity diaries
- MyFood Advisor (American Diabetes Association)
- Sodium Intake Quiz (CDC)
Physical activity
- Quiz: Barriers to Being Active -- What Keeps You From Being More Active? (PDF) (CDC)
- Get Fit Fitness Tools and Calculators (ACE)
- Physical Activity for Healthy Weight (CDC)
Kids and families
- Quiz: Heads Up -- Concussion in Youth Sports (CDC)
- Quiz: Brush Up -- Simple Steps for Kids' Smiles (CDC)
- (CDC): Instant Childhood Immunization Scheduler (CDC): For children six and under
- Kids' Stress-O-Meter
- Developmental milestones (CDC): For ages two months to five years
- Quiz: Autism Spectrum Disorders (CDC)
Emotional wellness
- Values in Action: Survey of Signature Strengths (University of Pennsylvania)
- What Is Your Stress Level? (WebMD)
- Toolkit: Bring Your Life Into Balance (Helpguide.org)
- Self-assessments for depression, anxiety, alcohol use and stress (Employee Assistance Office)
- Big Yoga Online: Yoga adapted for "anyone challenged with extra weight, stiffness, injury or neglect."