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Get Up and Go! 10,000 Steps a Day 
Learn why walking 10,000 steps a day is recommended for weight management and overall health. This site offers various ways in which you can add this important fitness goal into your daily life. ... Details >
Healthy Weight: Rethink Your Drink
One way to decrease calorie intake is by decreasing the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages. This research brief explores the relationship between drinking sugar-sweetened beverages and weight ma... Details >
Helping your Child: Tips for Parents
Also available in: Spanish
This site provides tips for parents to help their child-and the whole family-learn healthy eating and physical activity habits.... Details >
Weight-Control Information Network, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Helping Your Overweight Child
Healthy eating and physical activity habits are key to your child's well-being. Eating too much and exercising too little can lead to overweight and related health problems that can follow children in... Details >
Weight-Control Information Network, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
How to Avoid Portion Size Pitfalls to Help Manage Your Weight
Research shows that people unintentionally consume more calories when faced with larger portions. This can mean significant excess calorie intake, especially when eating high-calorie foods. Here are s... Details >
How to Lose and Manage Weight: Watch Your Calories, Be Active
This page's focus is on calorie-counting, nutrition, physical activity and weight loss.... Details >
How to Use Fruits and Vegetables to Help Manage Your Weight
Learn about fruits and vegetables and their role in your weight management plan. Tips to cut calories by substituting fruits and vegetables are included with meal-by-meal examples. You will also find ... Details >
Information about Losing Weight and Maintaining a Healthy Weight
This web site provides links to information about obesity and weight loss provided by CFSAN, other Federal government agencies and non-government agencies.... Details >
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration