Weight Management
Learn about weight management
Most people think that being at a healthy weight
means being "thin." Actually, a healthy weight is a weight that lowers your risk for health problems. It's more about healthy living
than what you weigh. In our topics, you'll find information on how to eat
healthier, how to start an exercise program, and much more.Browse our topics on weight management, or start with these:
Health Topics
- Adjustable gastric banding surgery
- Alternative Diet Programs
- Biliopancreatic diversion
- Choosing a Commercial Weight-Loss Program
- Dietary Guidelines for Americans—2005
- Fitness: Getting and Staying Active
- Gastric bypass
- Health Problems Associated With Adult Obesity
- Healthy Eating
- Healthy Eating for Children
- Healthy Habits for Kids
- Helping the Overweight Child
- Interactive Tool: Are You at Risk for a Heart Attack?
- Interactive Tool: How Many Calories Did You Burn?
- Interactive Tool: Is Your Weight Increasing Your Health Risks?
- Interactive Tool: What Is Your Child's BMI?
- Interactive Tools
- Jaci's Story: Changing her Life With Small Steps
- Liposuction
- Low-Carb Diets for Weight Loss
- Low-Carbohydrate Diets for Weight Loss
- Maggie's Story: Making Changes for her Health
- Moderate Diets for Weight Loss
- MyPyramid Guidelines for Healthy Eating
- Nutrition and Weight Gain During Pregnancy
- Obesity
- Popular Over-the-Counter Diet Aids
- Preventing Diabetic Heart and Blood Vessel Complications
- Restrictive operations: Stomach stapling (vertical banded gastroplasty) or gastric banding
- Tips for Maintaining Weight Loss
- Using a Pedometer or Step Counter
- Very Low-Fat Diets for Weight Loss
- Weight Management
Take Action
- COPD: Avoiding weight loss
- Healthy eating: Changing your eating habits
- Healthy eating: Cutting unhealthy fats from your diet
- Healthy eating: Getting support when changing your eating habits
- Healthy eating: Helping your child learn healthy eating habits
- Healthy eating: Making healthy choices when you eat out
- Healthy eating: Making healthy choices when you shop
- Healthy eating: Overcoming barriers to change
- Healthy eating: Recognizing your hunger signals
- Healthy eating: Starting a plan for change
- Healthy eating: Staying with your plan
- Heart failure: Checking your weight
- Quitting smoking: Dealing with weight gain
- Weight management: Using positive thinking
Last Updated: October 20, 2009
Author: Christine Wendt, R.D., L.D.
Medical Review: Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
