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Whether you want to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight, it’s important to understand the connection between the energy your body takes in (through the foods you eat and the beverages you drink) and the energy your body uses (through the activities you do). Achieving a Balance: Reaching and Maintaining a Healthy Weight
The Weight Management Research to Practice Series is a series designed to summarize the science on weight management topics for health professionals. An overview of the science will be compiled into a summary document appropriate for public health professionals, including implications for practice. In addition, each installment in the series will be accompanied by a tool geared toward a lay audience, which can be used by health professionals in practice. Weight Management Research to Practice Series
CDC, Nutrition and Physical Activity
Information about the Body Mass Index (BMI), a calculated value used for
identifying overweight and obese adults, access to a BMI calculator, and links
to related information. Body
Mass Index (BMI)
Dietary Guidelines for Americans, published jointly by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), provides advice about how good dietary habits for people aged 2 years and older can promote health and reduce risk for major chronic diseases. Dietary Guidelines for American 2005
Finding
Your Way to a Healthier You: Based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
(PDF-255K)
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
MyPyramid Plan can help you choose the foods and amounts that are right for you.
An online dietary assessment that provides information on diet quality and
related nutrition information. It also assesses physical activity. MyPyramid
Regular physical activity offers many health benefits. The new Physical Activity Web site provides information on the importance of physical activity and how to make it part of your life. Physical Activity for Everyone
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Weight-loss success stories, Small Step tips, and other resources for
maintaining and losing weight.
smallstep.gov
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Diseases (NIDDK), Weight-control Information Network (WIN)
General information, publications, and other resources on weight control,
obesity, physical activity, and related nutritional issues for the general
public, health professionals, the media, and Congress. Weight-control
Information Network
