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Do You Eat Like a Man or a Woman?
Researcher tell us that women and men eat differently. Find out if you eat more like a man or more like a woman.

Weekend Diet Traps
So many people eat right all week but ruin their healthy diets on the weekends. Here are some tips for avoiding weekend diet traps.

Ten Reasons To Love Calorie Count Plus
Calorie Count Plus is an online dieting resource from About.com Health. Whether you need to lose weight or gain weight, learn why Calorie Count Plus is a terrific dieting tool.

Look at Three Hundred Calories
This photo gallery shows several foods, each as a 300 calorie portion. This is a great way to understand how some foods can fill you up with 300 calories, and others don't. This photo gallery includes healthy foods and non-healthy foods.

Are You a Good Candidate for an Anti-Inflammatory Diet?
There is a growing understanding that the foods we eat may affect our bodies by causing or reducing inflammation. Take this quiz to see if you might be a good candidate for an anti-inflammatory diet.

Are You a Healthy Cook?
Use this quiz to help you decide if you are a healthy cook.

Body Mass Index Calculator
There is plenty of research that tells us that being overweight increases our risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and some cancers. That risk gets even higher when we become obese. Your Body Mass Index will help you know if you are overweight or obese.

Calorie and Nutrient Guide
Use this calculator to determine how many calories you need each day, plus more information for a healthy diet.

Can Pizza Be Healthy?
Pizza is delicious, popular, and is usually part of a high-fat and high-calorie diet. Learn how to make healthier pizzas that are lower in fat and higher in fiber and nutrition.

Easing Into a Healthy Diet
You don't need to change your unhealthy diet into a healthy diet over night. You may have an easier time making little changes and those little changes will add up over time. Here are some easy tips for changing your diet a little bit at a time.

Exploring the USDA Food Pyramid
Do you know what food groups make up the USDA food pyramid? Learn about the different food groups and what the best choices are for a healthy diet. Compare the USDA food pyramid to alternative food pyramids designed by leading universities.

Five Diet Turn-Around Tips
Your diet may have become a disaster due to holidays, stress or just by long-standing poor eating habits. Here are five tips to help you turn your diet around to a healthy diet in a hurry.

Healthy Foods Instead of a Diet
With this diet and that diet, whatever happened to just eating healthy food? It should be simpler than that. Here's how to eat healthy foods.

How Much Fat, Protein and Carbohydrates Does a Person Need?
This question and answer will help you to know how to calculate how many grams of fat, protein and carbohydrates you need.

How to Choose a Weight Loss Diet That's Right For You
This article will help you determine which diet will be the best for you to follow when you want to lose weight.

How to Control Carbohydrate Intake
Seven tips to control carbohydrate intake and still maintain a healthy diet.

How to Get More Fiber in Your Diet
Need more fiber in your diet? Here is a quick tip for adding fiber to your diet.

How to Shop for Healthy Foods
Here is some advice for shopping for healthy foods in your grocery store.

How to Stick to Your Diet
Starting a new diet is easy when your motivation is high. The problem is that diets need to followed for a long time to achieve long term weight loss and health benefits. Learn how to keep yourself motivated when the dieting gets tough.

How Well Do You Know Nutrition Facts Food Labels?
Use this quiz to test your ability to use Nutrition Facts Labels to understand the nutritional content of the foods you are eating.

Learn to Read Food Labels
The FDA requires the foods that we buy be labeled for nutritional content. Learn how to read the Nutrition Facts food label.

Make Your Own Food Diary
A food diary helps you to understand how many calories and nutrients you are getting in your diet. Follow these easy steps to create your own food diary.

Nutrition Facts Quiz
Our Pediatrics guide created this quiz to help you test your knowledge of using Nutrition Facts labels to know if you kids are eating healthy food or junk food.

Pocket Guide to Anti-Inflammatory Foods
Monica Reinagel, author of The Inflammation-Free Diet, has this handy pocket guide of the best foods to reduce inflammation...and the worst.

Ten Steps to a Healthy New You
Use this step by step article to help you start a healthy new lifestyle including healthy foods and exercise.

What is the Best Low Calorie Snack?
A mid meal snack should be low in added sugar, high in nutritional value and contain lots of fiber to keep you satisfied until your next meal time. Here are a couple of examples.