Lose Weight, Exercise

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
• Starting Early: Preventing Obesity in Infancy and Early Childhood
• 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

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