Nutrition

Take the Diet Quiz: Exploding Myths in Weight Loss
Learn more about diets and weight loss by taking this quiz.

How to Mix Carbs, Fats, Proteins in Your Diet
Your diet needs Fats for energy, Proteins for body strength and Carbs for making your organs function efficiently.

Low-Fat Eating
When you think of fat, you probably think of greasy things like salad dressing and butter. But there's fat in almost all foods.

Nutritionists: Your Portions Are Out of Control
So, you watch what you eat -- but do you really pay attention?

Cutting Calories and Fat When Dining Out
Whether you're trying to lose excess pounds or maintain a healthy weight, eating out in restaurants can sabotage your goals.

Fast Tips for Cutting Fast Food,
Plus, Food Guide Pyramid for Youngsters
You're as likely to keep children from eating fast food as you are to get them to stop playing computer games.

Why Diets Don’t Work
Research clearly shows that most diets don’t work.

Physical Activity

Exercise Myths and Facts
Many people know a lot about exercise because of the wealth of media attention given to the subject. But there are still many misconceptions that keep people from getting fit.

Exercise Goals for Healthy Living
You know it's important to stay active but still find yourself falling back on old habits. What can you do?

Everyday Ways to Lose Weight
Moderately intense activities, such as walking briskly from your parked car to the mall entrance and taking your dog for a quick jog after dinner, can help you achieve and maintain a healthful weight and improve your overall fitness level.

Exercise for the Seriously Unfit
You've been out of shape before, but this time it's serious. You can't walk across a room without huffing and puffing.

Tune Into Exercise During TV Commercials
Reaching for your toes instead of the remote is one key to better health.

Walking Works for Everyone
With America's growing concern for fitness, many of us have become aware of the benefits of aerobic exercise.

Lifting Your Way To Weight Loss
If you've tried a dozen diets but the pounds always sneak back, you can lose them for good by making strength-training an integral part of your weight-loss program.

Behavior

Why We’re Obese: It’s Not Lack of Willpower
True or false? Most overweight people got that way because they're self-indulgent weaklings without the will power to say no.

Why Do We Eat Too Much?
America has a weight problem. More than half of us are classified as overweight.

Healthful Strategies for Weight Loss
Experts say the long-term success at weight loss requires a balance between diet and physical activity.

Helpful Hints for a Healthy Weight
Most people consider losing weight a difficult proposition. Few folks have the time or interest to count calories or fat grams.

Small Weight Change Means Big Health Gains
Research shows that if you are overweight or obese, a little weight loss goes a long way toward reducing your risk for disease and protecting your health.

Even With Weight-Loss Drugs, Losing Pounds Isn’t Easy
Out of the 90 million Americans who are overweight, 50 million go on a diet each year, according to the National Women's Health Resource Center.

Related Health Issues

How Weight Affects Cholesterol Levels
High blood cholesterol is one of the major risk factors for heart attack, the leading cause of death in America.

How Weight Affects Heart Disease
Heart disease is primarily caused by atherosclerosis, or thickening and hardening of the arteries.

How Weight Affects High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is the most common chronic adult illness in the United States.

How Weight Affects Diabetes
Diabetes occurs when there are high levels of glucose (sugar) in the blood.

Millions of Us Are ‘Pre-Diabetic’
The number of Americans who should think seriously about diabetes has nearly doubled.