Diabetes: A Family Matter

Healthy Diet and Activity

Adult Energy Needs and BMI Calculator

Knowing your body's daily calorie needs can be an important first step in adopting a realistic diet and physical activity plan that can help you attain and maintain a healthy weight.

Dietary Guidelines for Americans

These Guidelines provide authoritative advice for people two years and older about how good dietary habits can promote health and reduce risk for major chronic diseases. They serve as the basis for Federal food and nutrition education programs.

Eat Right: CDC website

Learning how to eat right is an important part of controlling diabetes. You will find tips on healthy eating, weight control, recipes, and special diets at this website.

Fruits and Veggies Matter (CDC)

Here you will find many things that will help you learn more about the National Fruit & Vegetable Program and help you encourage others to eat a colorful variety of fruits and vegetables.

Milk Matters

Milk Matters is a public health education campaign to promote calcium consumption among tweens and teens, especially during the ages of 11 to 15, a time of critical bone growth. Bones are growing their fastest during the tween and teen years, and adequate calcium intake during these years helps prevent osteoporosis later in life. But, studies show that most tweens and teens are not getting enough of it in their diets. Fewer than one in 10 girls and only one in four boys ages 9 to 13 are at or above their adequate intake of calcium.

My Food Advisor

At this website you will find a unique calorie and carbohydrate counting tool that can help with diabetes management and nutrition. Tracking what you eat can help manage your weight and diabetes. This can help you avoid complications. Learn about different types of food and make meal planning fun and easy.

MyPlate.gov

MyPlate.gov offers personalized eating plans, interactive tools to help you plan and assess your food choices, and advice to help you: Make smart choices from every food group. Find your balance between food and physical activity. Get the most nutrition out of your calories. Stay within your daily calorie needs.

Nutrition.gov

Find online to government information about food and human nutrition for consumers.

Nutrition Action Health Letter

This is an award winning newsletter about nutrition, food safety, health and other issues. View the online information for some useful information for you, your family, and friends.

 

Read and Understand Nutrition Labels

Find out how to use labels to make it easier for you to use nutrition labels and make quick, informed food choices that contribute to a healthy diet.

Weight Control Information Network

Information service of National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). Excellent resources for helping children get weight under control.