Watch Your Weight

The Basics To stay at a healthy weight, you need to balance the calories you eat with the calories you use up (or burn) by being active. The Benefits Staying at a healthy weight can help prevent type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease. Take Action! Make a promise to eat well, move more, and get support from family and friends.

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Find out the number of calories you need to eat each day.
Look at the nutrition label on your favorite cereal box. What is the serving size? Measure one serving into a bowl to see what it looks like. Is this more or less than you usually eat?
Print out this weight-loss log [PDF – 3 KB] to keep track of how much you eat.
Get active. Take a 20 minute walk around your neighborhood. You will burn about 100 calories.

Learn how losing weight can help lower your risk of heart disease; overweight and obesity; and some cancers such as colorectal cancer.

Find additional resources from healthfinder.gov.