Your BMI gives a fairly accurate assessment of how much of your body is composed of fat.

Midlife weight gain may put you at risk for serious health conditions, such as diabetes.

Children who are inactive—spending time watching TV or sitting at a computer—are at higher risk for obesity, especially when their diet contains lots of high-calorie foods and beverages.

There is an epidemic of obesity in this country, health experts say. But what is obesity? How is it measured?

If you’re starving most of the time or can’t imagine staying on a particular diet past a perceived deadline, you’re on the wrong track.

Some diet advice is just plain wrong—and some can be dangerous to your health.

In today's society, there's much confusion over what constitutes a healthy weight. Here are some ways to find out where you stand on the weight issue.

You should cut back on foods that have only limited nutritional value, that are overprocessed or that contain too much fat, salt, sugar and refined white flour.

If you need to change your eating habits for the sake of your health, have you considered talking with a registered dietitian (RD)?

At any given time, millions of people in the U.S. are trying to lose weight. They spend billions of dollars each year on weight-loss products and services. Learn more about diets and weight loss by taking this quiz.

Many of us used the old Food Pyramid for years to help make sure we were following a balanced diet. Its replacement, called My Pyramid, was introduced in 2005, along with updated dietary and exercise guidelines.

Whether you’re trying to maintain a healthy weight or improve your health, junk food can sabotage a worthy effort.

Change your approach from a negative one—what can’t I eat—to a positive one—what can I eat—to make my diet more healthy.

News reports on the role fat should play in your diet can be confusing. Some new studies suggest the type of fat you consume is more important to your health than the amount of fat eaten. Other recent reports contradict these findings.

Find out how much you know about the new dietary guidelines and how they differ from the old food pyramid.

Most food additives are safe and beneficial, experts say. What's more, they're everywhere.

Even with some basic knowledge about how to accomplish weight-loss goals, 66 percent of us are still overweight.

You can't walk across a room without huffing and puffing. Your arms get tired unpacking a bag of groceries. You're carrying more and more excess body weight. And you can't remember the last time you got any real exercise.

You know it's important to stay active but still find yourself falling back on old habits. What can you do? Planning for exercise isn't hard if you make it a priority.

You can lose weight by dieting, exercising, or a combination of both. Including exercise into your daily routine offers other benefits besides weight control.

If you've tried a dozen diets but the pounds always sneak back, you may be able to lose them for good by making strength-training an integral part of your weight-loss program.

Walking is easy because you can do it almost anywhere and at any time. It also offers a range of health benefits.

Often healthy eating requires a life change, but in time your new way of eating won’t feel so new—it will be a new normal.

Out of the millions Americans who are overweight and go on a diet each year, many regain all or a part of the weight they lose within five years.

Keeping extra weight off requires effort and commitment, just as losing weight does.

Whatever treatment plan a person follows, losing weight slowly will be more effective and healthy over the long term.

The latest studies conclude that a successful weight-loss plan is a mind/body undertaking that not only involves monitoring calorie intake and expenditure, but dealing with the psychological side of weight loss and habit change.

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common type of heart disease. It is the leading cause of death in the United States in both men and women. Determine your risk for developing CAD using this assessment tool.

More than 14 million Americans have been diagnosed with diabetes and almost seven million more have diabetes but don't realize it, according to the CDC. Yet diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.

Most people who have metabolic syndrome have insulin resistance. This may be a beginning of the development of type 2 diabetes.

To help manage your condition, fill in the dates on which you had or will have the following tests or checkups.

More than 19 million Americans have type 2 diabetes, and millions more have a condition that puts them at high risk for developing it.

Obesity is a serious, chronic disease that can inflict substantial harm to a person’s health. Learn about obesity causes and obesity health effects.