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Childhood Overweight and Obesity: Helping Your Child Achieve a Healthy Weight
Excessive weight gain or obesity in childhood can lead to serious health problems later in life. A healthy diet and…
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Diet and Exercise for a Healthy Heart
Having a healthy heart is vital to your overall health. Two of the simplest yet most important ways to help…
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Dietary Supplements: What You Need to Know
Dietary supplements are any substances you take to improve your health or wellness. This includes vitamins, minerals, and herbs.
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Gluten-free Diet
Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye, barley, and grain hybrids. A gluten-free diet means you avoid products that…
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Ideal Weight and BMI
Your ideal weight and body mass index (BMI) are connected. Your BMI can tell you if you are overweight and…
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Intermittent Fasting
Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern. You fast during a certain period of time each day. You then eat during…
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Keto Diet
The keto diet, or ketogenic diet, is one that is high in fat intake and low in carbohydrate intake.
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Low-Calorie Diets
Eating fewer calories typically results in weight loss. If you add exercise, you may not need to lower your daily…
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Low-purine Diet
A low-purine diet is an eating plan that limits foods with high purine, a natural substance found in some…
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Mediterranean Diet
The Mediterranean diet can help you to lose or maintain weight and also helps to manage blood pressure, blood sugar,…
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Nutrition for Weight Loss: Is a Low-Carbohydrate Diet Right for Me?
Eating fewer carbs can have several health benefits.
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Nutrition for Weight Loss: What You Need to Know About Fad Diets
A fad diet is a trendy weight-loss plan that promises dramatic results.
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Paleo Diet
The paleo diet is sometimes nicknamed “the caveman diet,” as it is tied to the diets of our ancestors. It’s based on food sources for humans during the Paleolithic area — or the “Stone Age.” The staples of the paleo diet are lean meats
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Prescription Weight-loss Medicines
Prescription weight loss medicines are given to you by your doctor to help you lose weight when diet and exercise…
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Surgery for Obesity
Weight loss surgery can be called bariatric surgery. It involves surgically reducing the size of your stomach so your body…
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The DASH Diet: Healthy Eating to Control Your Blood Pressure
Eating healthier foods improves many health problems, including high blood pressure (hypertension).
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Vegan Diet: How to Get the Nutrients You Need
Vegans do not eat animal products or any foods that have animal sources. When done right, a vegan diet can…
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Vegetarian Diet: How to Get the Nutrients You Need
A look at the types of vegetarian diets and how they can improve your health and lifestyle.