Lose Weight, Exercise

BMI Calculators

• For Adults
• For Children and Teens

Healthy Eating

Adults

• Looking to lose, gain, or maintain weight?  Want to know about how many calories you need each day? Check out the NIH Body Weight Planner for your personalized plan: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/bwp 
• Aim for a Health Body Weight
  • Do you know if you are a healthy weight?  Calculate your BMI using the BMI Calculator from CDC: 
• Maintaining Weight Loss
• Snacking Your Weigh to Good Health
• The Challenge of Healthy Restaurant Eating
• The Skinny on Low Carbohydrate Diets
• Add Volume to Control Calories: Choose Fewer Energy Dense Foods
• Beware of Fad Diets
• The Pros and Cons of Liquid Meals
• My Strategies for Keeping the Weight Off
• The Sugar Maize: Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Obesity and Metabolic Risk: From Genes to Policy
• Sweeteners: Satisfying Your Sweet Tooth
• Portion Control Is In the Palm of Your Hand

Children and Teens

• Your Child’s Health, Your Child’s Weight
• About Child and Teen BMI (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Let’s Move! - Website with information on weight in children and teens, tools for parents, recipes, activity ideas

Physical Activity

• Improve Fitness with a Structured Exercise Program
• Increasing Lifestyle Activity
• Physical Activity
• Being Active with Low Mobility
• Benefits of Physical Activity for Senior Adults

Zero Weight Gain Holiday Challenge

1. Use Your Plate to Control Your Weight
2. Eating Out with Eva
3. Strength Training Anywhere
4. Sneaking More Fruits and Vegetables into Your Diet
5. Exercise Partners Even at a Distance
6. Managing Your "Cues"
7. More on Managing Your Cues
8. Making Plans to Change a Cue
9. Peter and His Pedometer
10. Holiday Overeating
11. Choosing Healthier Fats
12. Feel Full with More Fiber
13. Sleep Deprivation: The Scary Truth
14. Keeping the Weight Off

Additional Tools

• National Institutes of Health Body Weight Planner makes personalized calorie and physical activity plans to reach a goal weight within a specific time period.
• USDA SuperTracker helps you determine how many calories your body needs.  Track your food and beverage intake so you can meet your health goal

Curricula for Sale

Walk-a-Weigh

This award winning weight control program is offered periodically by Extension Family and Consumer Science Agents throughout the state of Georgia. It has over 30 lessons to choose from and includes time for physical activity and a healthy food demonstration.

To see if Walk-a-Weigh will be offered soon in your county, call 1-800-ASK-UGA-1

Walk-a-Weigh may also be purchased by health professionals and Extension agents outside Georgia.

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