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Most people have heard that healthy eating is important. But it can be hard to know what healthy eating means. Our topics can teach you how to eat well, whether your goal is to feel good, manage your weight, or prevent health problems. You will also find plenty of information about nutrition for health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, food allergies, digestive problems, and eating disorders.
To learn more, browse our Healthy Eating topics or start with these:
Healthy Eating
Healthy Eating for Children
Weight Management
Health Topics
Added Sugars
Alzheimer's and Other Dementias: Maintaining Good Nutrition
American Heart Association Healthy Diet Guidelines
Anorexia: Learning New Eating Behaviors
Anorexia: Learning to Trust Others
Antioxidants
Avoiding Emotional Eating: Making a Plan
Avoiding Mercury in Fish
Binge Eating Disorder
Boosting Your Metabolism
Breaking the Cycle of Emotional Eating
Bulimia Nervosa
Carbohydrate Foods
Carbohydrates, Proteins, Fats, and Blood Sugar
Caregiving: Helping Someone With Eating
Cholesterol and Triglycerides: Eating Fish and Fish Oil
Cholesterol Treatment Guidelines
Choosing a Vitamin and Mineral Supplement
Choosing a Weight-Loss Program
Choosing Healthy Foods When You Have More Than One Health Problem
Committing Again to Healthy Eating
Comparing Artificial Sweeteners
Counting Carbohydrate Grams or Servings
DASH Diet Sample Menu
Dawn's Story: From Dieting to Healthy Eating Habits
Developing a Plan for Healthy Eating
Diabetes in Children: Food Issues at School
Diabetes: Counting Carbs
Diet and Gout
Dietary Guidelines for Good Health
Dietary Reference Intake
Dietary Supplements (Herbal Medicines and Natural Products)
Drinking and Your Health
Drinking Enough Water
Eating Disorders: Cultural and Social Factors
Eating Disorders: Feeling Better About Yourself
Eating Disorders: Malnutrition Tests
Eating Disorders: Things That Put a Person at Risk
Eating Journal
Eating Out When You Have Diabetes
Eating Protein
Eating Well During Cancer Treatment
Emotional Eating
Energy and Sports Drinks
Fasting
Feeding Your Child Using Division of Responsibility
Folate Deficiency Anemia
Following a Low-Fiber Diet
Food List for Diabetes
Getting Enough Calcium and Vitamin D
Getting Enough Fiber
Getting Enough Folic Acid (Folate)
Getting Enough Iron
Getting Enough Potassium
Glycemic Index
Health Claims on Food Labels
Healthy Attitudes Toward Food and Exercise
Healthy Eating
Healthy Eating and Older Adults
Healthy Eating and Stress
Healthy Eating Basics: Building Healthy Meals
Healthy Eating Basics: Cooking
Healthy Eating for Children
Healthy Eating in Children: Problems Caused by Poor Nutrition
Healthy Eating in Children: Things That Influence Food Choices
Healthy Eating: Making Healthy Choices When You Shop
Healthy Eating: Staying With Your Plan
Healthy Habits for Kids
Heart Failure: Track Your Weight, Food, and Sodium
Heart-Healthy Eating
Heart-Healthy Eating: Fish and Fish Oil
Heart-Healthy Lifestyle
Helping Your Child Who Is Overweight
Hidden Gluten
High Blood Pressure: Nutrition Tips
High Cholesterol: How a Dietitian Can Help
High-Potassium Foods
High-Protein Foods for Wound Healing
How to Eat Healthy When You're Home All The Time
How to Find Sodium
Hunger, Fullness, and Appetite Signals
Iron Deficiency Anemia
Izzy's Story: Living With the DASH Diet
Jaci's Story: Changing Her Life With Small Steps
Jeremy's Story: Focusing on Eating Habits
Joe's Story: Changing My Lifestyle
Keeping Change Going—Your New Normal
Loralie's Story: It's Never Too Late
Low-Potassium Foods
Maggie's Story: Making Changes for Her Health
Major Nutrients in Food
Making a Change That Matters
Making a Plan to Cut Back on Alcohol Use
Making Your Change Happen
Meal Planning
Mediterranean Diet
Minerals: Their Functions and Sources
Modify Recipes for a Heart-Healthy Diet
Nonmilk Sources of Calcium
Not Ready for Change?
Nutrition and Physical Activity
Nutrition During Pregnancy
Obesity
Organic Foods
Parkinson's Disease and Nutrition
Pregnancy: Healthy Weight Gain
Pregnancy: Vegetarian Diet
Quick Tips: Adding Fruits and Vegetables to Your Diet
Quick Tips: Cutting Calories
Quick Tips: Having Enough Energy to Stay Active
Quick Tips: Healthy Eating on a Budget
Quick Tips: Making Fast, Healthy Meals
Quick Tips: Making Healthier Food Choices
Quick Tips: Making Healthy Snacks
Quick Tips: Shopping for Organic and Chemical-Free Foods
Reading Food Labels When You Have Diabetes
Recommended Servings for Adults
Rethinking Drinking: Alcohol and Managing Your Weight
Salt Substitute Recipe
Setting Goals
Snack Ideas for Preschoolers
Staying With Your Eating Plan When Your Schedule Shifts
Sugar Alcohols
Thinking About a Change?
Tips for Avoiding Unplanned Snacking
Tips for Easier Healthy Eating
Tips for Maintaining Weight Loss
Tips for Quick and Healthy Dinners
Tracking My Servings From Each Food Group
Types of Fats
Vegan Diet
Vegetarian Diets
Vitamin B12 Deficiency Anemia
Vitamins: Their Functions and Sources
Ways to Track Your Weight-Loss Efforts
Weight Loss by Limiting Calories
Weight Management
Your Toddler: Nutritious Meals for Picky Eaters
Medical Tests
Homocysteine
Make a Wise Decision
Obesity: Should I Have Weight-Loss Surgery?
Obesity: Should I Use a Diet Plan to Lose Weight?
Take Action
Bowel Disease: Changing Your Diet
Celiac Disease: Eating a Gluten-Free Diet
COPD: Keeping Your Diet Healthy
Diabetes: Using a Plate Format to Plan Meals
Gout: Changing Your Diet
Healthy Eating: Changing Your Eating Habits
Healthy Eating: Cutting Unhealthy Fats From Your Diet
Healthy Eating: Eating Heart-Healthy Foods
Healthy Eating: Eating Less Sodium
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: Overcoming Barriers to Change
Healthy Eating: Recognizing Your Hunger Signals
Healthy Eating: Starting a Plan for Change
Healthy Eating: Taking Calcium and Vitamin D
High Blood Pressure: Using the DASH Diet
High Cholesterol: Making Lifestyle Changes
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Controlling Symptoms With Diet
Kidney Disease: Changing Your Diet
Kidney Stones: Preventing Kidney Stones Through Diet
Low-Salt Diets: Eating Out
Nutrition While Breastfeeding
Current as of: September 20, 2023
Author: Ignite Healthwise, LLC Staff
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