CalorieKing

CalorieKing is an online weight loss club and software developer with a program centred around healthy eating and exercise ("calories in, calories out"). The company offers products and services tailored specifically for the United States and Australian markets. As well as offering help for people who wish to lose weight, there are also programs and support for those who want to maintain their current weight, or to gain weight. The web sites' resources also include forums, and an extensive library of recipes and health and weight loss related articles contributed by company staff as well as other organisations and contributors.

In addition to its web site, the company also produces personal computer software and several popular books. Many of its products are based on the CalorieKing food database, which claims to contain over 50,000 [ [http://www.calorieking.com/foods/ CalorieKing.com Food Database] ] foods in the American version and 19,000 foods in the Australian version [ [http://www.calorieking.com.au/foods/ CalorieKing.com.au Food Database] ] .

History

CalorieKing was founded as Family Health Publications in 1973 in Australia by Allan Borushek with the publication of the first Australian "Calorie, Fat, & Carb Counter". In 1988, the book was published in the United States, selling more than 10,000,000 copiesFact|date=February 2008. 1996 saw the launch of the the company's web site, calorieking.com. [ [http://www.calorieking.com/aboutus/history.php CalorieKing History] ] ; its Australian sister-site DietClub.com.au was launched in 1997 [ [http://www.calorieking.com.au/about_us.php About CalorieKing Australia] ] and later rebranded as CalorieKing.com.au.

In July 2007, the company announced [ [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-32507106_ITM CalorieKing Joslin alliance press release] ] an alliance with the Joslin Diabetes Center to promote type 2 diabetes awareness, prevention, and management, and to build a culturally specific Latino food database.

References

External links

* [http://www.calorieking.com/ CalorieKing USA]
* [http://www.calorieking.com.au/ CalorieKing Australia]