Getting Healthy - Healthy Weight

Get the Facts

• Alternative Diet Programs
• Choosing a Commercial Weight-Loss Program
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans-2005
• Health Problems Associated With Adult Obesity
• Healthy Eating
• Healthy Eating for Children
• Healthy Habits for Kids
• Helping the Overweight Child
• Low-Carb Diets for Weight Loss
• Low-Carbohydrate Diets for Weight Loss
• Moderate Diets for Weight Loss
• MyPyramid Guidelines for Healthy Eating
• Nutrition and Weight Gain During Pregnancy
• Obesity
• Popular Over-the-Counter Diet Aids
• Tips for Maintaining Weight Loss
• Using a Pedometer or Step Counter
• Very Low-Fat Diets for Weight Loss
• Weight Management

How do You Stack Up

• 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?

Taking 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

Personal Stories

• Jaci's Story: Changing her Life With Small Steps
• Maggie's Story: Making Changes for her Health

Making the right Decisions

• Obesity: Should I have weight-loss surgery?
• Obesity: Should I take weight-loss medicine?
• Obesity: Should I use a diet plan to lose weight?
• Weight management: Should I use over-the-counter diet aids?

Tracking your Progress

• Comparing Heart Healthy Diets
• Food List Card
• Food Record: List Foods you Eat
• Food Record: Record your Portions
• Healthy Eating: Food Record Form
• Meal Plan Form for Carbohydrate Counting
• Meal Planning: Menu & Grocery List
• Menu Ideas Form

Quick Tips for Success

• Adding Fruits and Vegetables to Your Diet
• Making Healthy Snacks
• Healthy Eating on a Budget
• Making Fast, Healthy Meals

Medications

• Orlistat for obesity
• Phentermine for obesity

Treatment Options

• Liposuction
• Adjustable gastric banding surgery
• Biliopancreatic diversion
• Gastric bypass
• Restrictive operations: Stomach stapling (vertical banded gastroplasty) or gastric banding