Diets and Weight Loss

Losing Weight: Setting a Goal, Changing Eating Habits
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The first step to weight loss is setting a realistic goal. By using a BMI chart and consulting with your health care provider, you can determine what is a healthy weight for you. Studies show that you can improve your health with just a small amount

Losing Weight: More than Counting Calories
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
More than 60 percent of American adults are either overweight or obese. Excess weight and physical inactivity account for more than 300,000 premature deaths annually in the United States-second only to smoking. We ask the experts how to safely lose weight

Diet and Exercise Delay Type 2 Diabetes
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
A government study indicates that regular exercise and a low-fat diet can dramatically delay the onset of Type 2 diabetes.

Facts About Liposuction: How Liposuction Works
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Surgery offers a quick fix for fat, but carries certain risks. Patients can protect themselves by asking questions and having realistic expectations. Conceptually, liposuction (or lipoplasty) is a straightforward technique in which excess fatty tissue

Diet and Blood Pressure
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
If you are overweight and have high blood pressure, a first step is to lose weight, usually through a combination of calorie reduction and increased physical activity. Eating certain kinds of food and avoiding others also may help you reduce your blood pr

Taking the Fat Out of Food : Reducing Dietary Fat
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Fat replacers may be carbohydrate-, protein- or fat-based substances. The first to hit the market used carbohydrate as the main ingredient. Avicel, for example, is a cellulose gel introduced in the mid-1960s as a food stabilizer.

Taking the Fat Out of Food : Fat Rreplacers, Olestra
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Fat replacers may be carbohydrate-, protein- or fat-based substances. The first to hit the market used carbohydrate as the main ingredient. Avicel, for example, is a cellulose gel introduced in the mid-1960s as a food stabilizer.

Taking the Fat Out of Food
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Many favorite foods are now available in lower fat versions. Some of these contain substitutes for animal or vegetable fats. But does this mean you'll be consuming less fat and fewer calories?

You Can Have Your Chips and Eat Healthy, Too
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Even if you usually snack on apples and carrots, some occasions just don't seem complete without chips, dips, and other challenges to wise diets. But there are ways to have your chips and eat healthy, too.

Losing Weight Safely
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Though millions of Americans are dieting at any given time, obesity in this country is on the rise. What's the reason for this seeming paradox? Is there any safe way to take weight off and keep it off?

Vegetarian Diets : Precautions
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
It's generally agreed that to avoid intestinal discomfort from increased bulk, a person shouldn't switch to foods with large amounts of fiber all at once. A sensible approach is to slowly increase consumption of grains, legumes, seeds, and nuts.

Vegetarian Diets
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The desire to reap the benefits of a high-fiber, low-fat diet is just one of the reasons more people are turning to various types of vegetarian diets. Perceiving plant foods as beneficial because they are high in dietary fiber and, generally lower in salt

Food Labels: Making it Easier to Shed Pounds
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
In the past, diet-conscious consumers couldn't always count on the food label to give complete nutrition information. Now that's changing. Weiss has learned that label information can play an important role in weight management.

Guide to Fats : Triglycerides and VLDL, Dietary Fat and Cholesterol
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
LDL-cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol act differently in the body. A high level of LDL-cholesterol in the blood increases the risk of fatty deposits forming in the arteries, which in turn increases the risk of a heart attack.

Guide to Fats
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Is margarine better for your blood vessels than butter? Is dousing your salad with olive oil wise? Is it true what they say about omega fatty acids? The latest in fat science gives some of the answers.

Dietary Supplements: Making Sure Hype Doesn't Overwhelm Science
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Most vitamin and mineral supplements pose no safety concerns. But the risks of many other dietary supplements, such as herbs, animal gland extracts, and amino acids, are a mystery - which FDA is trying to solve.

Teens: Diet Pills
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
A number of products (Cal-Ban 3000, Cal-Lite 1000, Cal-Trim 5000, Perma Slim, Bodi Trim, Dictol 7 Plus, Medi Thin, Nature's Way, and East Indian Guar Gum) were also recalled because they posed serious health risks.

Teens: Should You Go On a Diet?
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Not all teens who go on diets need to lose weight, but some overweight adolescents have legitimate health concerns. How do you know when going on a diet is a good idea and what's the best way to do it?

Vegetarian Diets : Can Veggies Prevent Cancer?
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The National Cancer Institute states in its booklet Diet, Nutrition & Cancer Prevention: The Good News that a third of cancer deaths may be related to diet. The booklet's Good News is: Vegetables from the cabbage family (cruciferous vegetables) may

Vegetarian Diets: The Pluses and the Pitfalls
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Many people are attracted to vegetarian diets. It's no wonder. Health experts for years have been telling us to eat more plant foods and less fat, especially saturated fat, which is found in larger amounts in animal foods than plant foods.