Nutrition
Adult BMI Calculator

Experts are increasingly urging people to know their BMI, a figure that takes into account not just weight but also height to indicate body fat.

Obesity Basics: What Is It? How Is It Treated?

There is an epidemic of obesity in this country, health experts say. But what is obesity? How is it measured?

Miracle Diet Quiz

Dieting is temporary when it comes to losing weight. To keep weight off you actually have to change your lifestyle. Why is it so hard? For one thing, we may not know as much as we think. Take our quiz to test your knowledge.

Eating for Weight Management
Coping with Food Cravings

Some people experience food cravings only now and then, while others have them daily or weekly.

Success Secrets of Losing Weight

The majority of dieters regain the weight they lose within five years. But they could avoid doing so by gradually changing their eating and exercise habits. Your approach to weight loss should be to make changes you can keep up for the rest of your life.

The Skinny on Fat-Free Foods

When food producers cut the fat out of foods, they often replace it with extra sugar or other carbohydrates, which add calories.

Weight Matters: When Willpower Isn't Enough

Most medical weight-loss programs first try to help you make the long-term behavioral changes necessary to achieve and maintain a healthy weight. This includes exercising regularly and eating healthy food. If you still remain seriously overweight, you and your doctor might discuss these options.

Emotional Eating: How to Cope

Emotional eating affects most everyone from time to time, but regularly letting your feelings guide your food intake can affect your health.

The Lowdown on Diets
When Your Diet 'Disconnects'

Even with some basic knowledge about how to accomplish weight-loss goals, 66 percent of us are still overweight.

Diet Traps That Keep You From Losing

With all the diets out there to choose from these days, it's hard to know which ones are legitimate and which are diet fads.

Simple Ways to Improve Your Diet

Eating healthy can reduce your risk of illness and lengthen your life. Eating a balanced, low-fat, low-cholesterol diet reduces your risk of heart disease, certain cancers, diabetes, stroke and other diseases. Follow these tips to help improve your diet.

Eating the Right Foods for All-Day Energy

If your blood glucose drops too low -- which can happen if you go too long without eating -- you're going to feel lightheaded and lethargic.

The Science of Weight Loss

On paper, losing weight is simple math. One pound of fat equals about 3,500 calories. In real life, however, it’s more complex.

5 Food Fallacies

Should you skip breakfast if you want to lose weight? Is all fat bad for you? Find out the answers to these and other questions about food.

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