Healthy Eating
Learn about healthy eating
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:
Health Topics
- Alternative Diet Programs
- Antioxidants
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Bottle-Feeding
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Celiac Disease
- Choosing a Commercial Weight-Loss Program
- Choosing a Vitamin and Mineral Supplement
- Dawn's Story: From Dieting to Healthy Eating Habits
- Dietary Guidelines for Americans—2005
- Dietary Supplements (Herbal Medicines and Natural Products)
- Eating Well During Cancer Treatment
- Feeding Your Infant
- Folic Acid Deficiency Anemia
- Food Allergies
- Gas (Flatus)
- Gas, Bloating, and Burping
- Healthy Eating
- Healthy Eating and Menopause
- Healthy Eating and Older Adults
- Healthy Eating for Children
- Healthy Habits for Kids
- Healthy Habits to Prevent or Reduce Problems From Osteoporosis
- Helping the Overweight Child
- High Cholesterol Treatment Guidelines Based on Risk Categories
- Interactive Tool: Are You at Risk for a Heart Attack?
- Interactive Tool: How Many Calories Did You Burn?
- Iron Deficiency Anemia
- Izzy's Story: Living With the DASH Diet
- Jeremy's Story: Focusing on Eating Habits
- Joe's Story: Taking Charge With the TLC Plan
- Loralie's Story: It's Never Too Late
- Low-Carbohydrate Diets for Weight Loss
- Marine Toxins
- Meal Planning
- Mediterranean Diet
- MyPyramid Guidelines for Healthy Eating
- Nutrition and Weight Gain During Pregnancy
- Nutrition While Breast-Feeding
- Obesity
- Organic Foods
- Organic-Food Labels
- Quick Tips: Adding Fruits and Vegetables to Your Diet
- Quick Tips: Having Enough Energy to Stay Active
- Quick Tips: Healthy Eating on a Budget
- Quick Tips: Making Fast, Healthy Meals
- Quick Tips: Making Healthy Snacks
- Reading food labels when you have diabetes
- Recommended MyPyramid Servings for Adults
- Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC)
- Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC) Diet for High Cholesterol
- Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC) Diet for High Cholesterol
- Tips for Maintaining Weight Loss
- Tips for Success with the Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC) Diet
- Types of Fats
- Vegetarian Diets
- Vitamin B12 Deficiency Anemia
- Vitamin D: Getting Enough
- Weaning
- Weight Management
- Women and Coronary Artery Disease
Take Action
- Celiac disease: Eating a gluten-free diet
- Chronic kidney disease: Changing your diet
- Cirrhosis: Eating a low-salt diet
- COPD: Keeping your diet healthy
- Diabetes in children: Counting carbs
- Diabetes: Counting carbs if you don't use insulin
- Diabetes: Counting carbs if you use insulin
- Diabetes: Eating a low glycemic diet
- Diabetes: Using a food guide
- Diabetes: Using a plate format for eating
- Gestational diabetes: Counting carbs
- Gout: Changing your diet
- 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 disease: Eating a heart-healthy diet
- Heart failure: Eating less salt
- High blood pressure: Using the DASH diet
- High cholesterol: Raising your HDL level
- High cholesterol: Using the TLC diet
- Irritable bowel syndrome: Controlling symptoms with diet
- Kidney stones: Preventing kidney stones through diet
- Low-salt diets: Eating out
- Ulcerative colitis: Changing your diet
Last Updated: May 6, 2008
Author: Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS
Medical Review: Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine


