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Why Lose Weight?

The benefits of maintaining a healthy weight go far beyond improved energy and smaller clothing sizes. By losing weight or maintaining a healthy weight, you are also likely to enjoy a higher quality-of-life too.
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5 Steps to Lose Weight & Keep It Off

Learning to balance healthy eating and physical activity can help you lose weight more easily and keep it off.

Take it from people who have successfully maintained weight loss:

  • 98% have modified their eating habits.
  • 94% have increased their physical activity, especially walking.
5 Steps to Lose Weight and Keep It Off

Healthy Living BEYOND Weight™ Study

Your health is about more than just a number on the scale. It’s about how you feel—your energy, your mood, and your quality of life. The American Heart Association’s Healthy Living BEYOND Weight™ Study explores real-world experiences of adults navigating weight and health challenges to help improve care and redefine what it means to live well.
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How Weight Impacts Body Systems

Weight is an important part of metabolic health, the system that helps the body create, store, and use energy. Metabolic health is closely connected to heart and kidney health.

These systems are often described together as cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) health, since they work together and are all connected.

When weight reaches an unhealthy level, it can lead to higher blood pressure and blood glucose (sugar), along with lower heart and kidney function. Over time, these changes can increase the risk of diabetes, heart disease and kidney disease.

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Food Textures

Conquer Cravings with These Healthy Substitutions

We have all experienced food cravings – and often those cravings have to do with texture – like something creamy or crunchy.

Food textures play a big role in whether we like or dislike certain foods. For example, while you may not like mushy canned peas, you may be surprised that you like fresh or barely cooked peas.

Luckily, eating healthy includes foods of all sorts of textures and flavors. Here are some suggestions on satisfying your cravings with nutritious snacks of a variety of textures.

Healthy Food Substitutions

Do fad diets really help you lose weight and get healthy?

Dr. Charlotte Markey, a Rutgers University psychology professor and a specialist in body image and eating behaviors, joins House Calls to discuss how to tell the difference between a healthy eating plan and an unhealthy fad diet.
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Keeping a Healthy Body Weight

Keeping a Healthy Body Weight

Maintaining your ideal body weight is tough, no matter where you are in your weight loss journey. If you’re overweight, losing even a few pounds can improve your health, so every step in the right direction counts! Use these tips to set yourself up for success.
Keeping a Healthy Body Weight

Eating When Not Hungry

A binge is when you eat a lot of food in a short time and it's usually not healthy food. Many people also eat when they are feeling upset, angry, stressed, sad, lonely or fearful. Emotions such as these can be powerful triggers to eat. Here are some tips to help you control binge, emotional and nighttime eating.
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