We searched the country to find interesting, healthful gifts for you to give your family, friends and coworkers to help them live a healthier, happier life:

BOOKS

One of the best and most practical cookbooks out there is "Hungry Girl: 200 Under 200: 200 Recipes Under 200 Calories" by Lisa Lillien, available on www.Amazon.com for $9.98. Lillien also just came out with "Hungry Girl Chew the Right Thing: Supreme Makeovers for 50 Foods You Crave," which is a recipe card set available on www.Amazon.com for $11.55. (Prices subject to change.)

Are you old-school? The "CalorieKing Calorie, Fat & Carbohydrate Counter 2010" pocket calorie guide by Allan Borushek is a nice gift for those interested in knowing the calorie content of what they eat. Available for $8.99 at www.Amazon.com.

Have a friend or family member with a newborn? How about "Feeding Baby Green" by noted pediatrician Alan Greene, on sale at www.Amazon.com for $11.53. Greene (author of "Raising Baby Green" and Web site www.drgreene.com) has included everything a parent needs to know about creating healthy meals for their babies and toddlers.

"Great Races, Incredible Places: 100+ Fantastic Runs Around the World" by Kimi Puntillo is a neat book for the runner/traveler in your group. Puntillo has run almost everywhere, including the Great Wall Marathon, and the book tells you about all the interesting places in the world you can run. It's $10.88 on Amazon. And if you have a bicycle enthusiast on your list, there's "Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists Are Changing American Cities" by Jeff Mapes. Available for $13.57 on www.Amazon.com.

FOR FOODIES

Have a few foodies to buy for? Check out "The Harvest Eating Cookbook: More than 200 Recipes for Cooking with Seasonal Local Ingredients" by Keith Snow. It's a beautiful book with fantastic recipes that use fresh, seasonal foods and whole, natural ingredients. Available on www.Amazon.com for $19.77.

www.FoodTee.com Baby Rib Spaghetti Tanks: Healthy living never looked so good. Wearing clothing with healthful fruits and vegetables and cute sayings helps keep you motivated. One features a peace sign made out of berries with the words "Have-A-Peace." Other favorites include an image of an upside-down banana with the words "Downward Dog" below it, a celery stalk that says "Stalker," and beets that say "Heart Beet." In addition to the tanks, sweatshirts and long- and short-sleeve tees are also available for women, men, children and babies (onesies). Available from www.FoodTee.com starting at $22. (Product is affiliated with www.DietDetective.com.)

YOGA STICK-E MAT

The mat has a center line to help with proper body alignment when posing and comes with a 3-in-1 shoulder/carrying strap that can also be used during your yoga practice to help with stretching and poses. It can be washed and air-dried using the very same strap. Altogether it's a pretty cool mat. Available from www.walgreens.com for $49.99.

MUSIC

Think the iPod is too complicated? Looking for something with great sound that you can buy and listen to right out of the box? The tiny Sansa Clip+ by SanDisk is a wonderful, simple way to listen to music while working out. The Sansa Clip+ lets you play slotRadio cards without downloading anything. The best for a workout? The Health & Fitness card with 1,000 songs has playlists for roadwork, power, cardio, cool-down, warm-up and even yoga. It also has an FM tuner with 40 presets, and 15 hours of battery life. The 4 gigabyte version is $49.99. The Health and Fitness slotRadio card is $39.99. Find out where to buy the SanDisk products at www.slotradio.com.

OUTDOOR PEOPLE

Trailheads Goodbye Girl Ponytail Hats (www.trail heads.com) makes cute hats and headbands, and — get this — the hat has a hole for your ponytail. How cool is that? It's made of Polartec Thermal Pro fleece and is Durable Water Repellent so it sheds rain and snow and dries quickly. It comes in 14 colors and is priced at $26. The headband is $20.

SLIMMING CLOTHING

Miraclebody Jeans by the makers of Miraclesuit can slim you down just by putting them on. The jeans are made with twice as much Spandex as the average jean and have a contoured waist and canvas strip that hold in your tummy and eliminate "muffin" tops. They're $110 at www.nordstrom.com.