Health & Diet Features
- 8 Tricks for Surviving the Mall Food Court
While mall food courts are loaded with places serving burgers, fries, ice cream, and donuts, there are also plenty of lower-calorie options
- 9 Frighteningly Fattening Fall Foods
When the temperature starts to dip, many of us turn to rich fall foods perfect for football games, hayrides, cozy fireside meals, and, if we aren’t careful, weight gain.
- Top Holiday Diet Tips
Here are a few tips on how to trim the trimmings and survive seasonal parties without gaining weight.
- 5 Diet Resolutions for New Year
Why overhaul your diet in a day when you can take small steps over time -- and still reach your diet goals!
- Trans-Fat-Free Food: What's the Truth?
Trans-fat-free foods aren't necessarily healthy foods. And labels boasting "zero trans fat" don't always mean a food is 100% trans fat free.
- The Benefits of Healthy Whole Foods
Healthy whole foods offer better nutrition than processed foods, but can you spot the difference?
- Missing Nutrients in Your Food
Even the most conscientious eaters may have dietary deficiencies, especially if you eat a traditional American diet. Here are suggestions for modifying your diet to give you all the nutrients you need.
- The Truth Behind the Top 10 Dietary Supplements
From vitamins to minerals to weight loss pills, there are thousands of dietary supplements to choose from. But do you really need any of them?
- Boost Your Family’s Interest in Healthy Foods
These fun activities can help kids learn a valuable lesson -- that healthy food is a lifestyle, not just a diet.
- Getting Essential Nutrients You Need, but May Be Lacking
Research shows most Americans don’t get enough of these essential nutrients -- calcium, fiber, magnesium, vitamin E, vitamin C, vitamin A, carotenoids, and potassium. But it’s not hard to improve your diet. Check out these easy tips from WebMD community members.
- Fair Food: Calorie Shockers
Foods sold at fairs and festivals are often deep-fried diet disasters. Find out the fat and calorie counts for favorite fair foods.
- Italian Diet Secrets
How do the Italians manage to enjoy delectable Mediterranean foods, yet maintain healthy weights?
- 5 Summer Diet Blunders
If you want to maintain your summer diet - or at least not gain weight before fall -- try these tips to avoid the top five summer diet blunders.
- Breakfast on the Run: Thinking Outside the Box
Is your quick breakfast as healthy as you think?
- Healthier Airport Food
Air travel doesn't have to mean making unhealthy food choices. Here are some tips for eating well when you're at the airport.
- Avoid Vacation Weight Gain: 5 Simple Rules
Vacations are no time to try to lose weight -- but they don’t have to result in weight gain, either. Experts offer tips to avoid putting on pounds while you're away from home.
- Onions: Full of Nutrients
These members of the allium genus deliver plenty of health benefits.
- Cranberries: Rich in Antioxidants
The festive winter fruit may help fight cancer, improve cholesterol levels, even combat cavities.
- Can Soft Drinks Be Healthy?
The idea of a healthy soft drink may sound like an oxymoron. But to soda manufacturers, it's the hottest trend in the better-for-you category of food and beverages.
- Eat to Help Prevent Cancer
As many as one-third of all cancer deaths could be prevented through good nutrition, physical activity, and being at a healthy weight, experts say.
- Body Image: Bigger Can Be Beautiful
Do you have to be thin to be gorgeous? Not at all. Just take a look at supermodel and TV talk show host Tyra Banks, who recently showed off a healthy body and a healthy body image.
- Beyond Snack Packs: 22 Healthy Bites
Are calorie-controlled packs really the best bet for those trying to eat healthy snacks and control weight?
- Tricks to Lose Those Last 5 Pounds
Experts offer strategies to make losing those last 5 pounds easier.
- Gaining Ground on Weight Gain
With holidays, travel -- or just a couple of back-to-back celebrations -- it's easy for 10 pounds to creep on; but the longer it stays, the harder it will be to lose.
- How Accurate Is Body Mass Index, or BMI?
Is BMI still the best way to measure fatness? Some experts aren't so sure.
- Beans: Protein-Rich Superfoods
High in fiber and antioxidants, beans aren't just good for the waistline, they may aid in disease prevention, too. Find out why beans are so nutritious. Then try our recipe for Tuscan Vegetable Soup.
- WebMD Fitness Rx Challenge: 3 Months to Go
Our two WebMD Fitness Rx challengers only have three months to go before completing the WebMD Fitness Rx Challenge. Check out their vital stats, and read their current update.
- 'Superfoods' Everyone Needs
A healthy diet incorporating a variety of so-called 'superfoods' will help you maintain your weight, fight disease, and live longer.
- Diets of the World: The Japanese Diet
Thanks to the relatively healthier Japanese diet and lifestyle, Japanese women and men live longer and healthier than everyone else on Earth. Learn how to apply the principles of the Japanese diet to your cooking. Plus, two recipes.
- The Dos and Don'ts of Counting Calories
Experts explain the right way and wrong way of counting calories to lose weight or maintain weight.
- Is Fasting Healthy?
Although fasting has been practiced for thousands of years, it's still a subject of intense medical debate. WebMD consulted experts on weight loss and fasting for answers.
- Control Your Winter Appetite
How to avoid winter weight gain.
- Popular Diets of the World: The Latin Diet
The traditional Latin diet is simple and healthy -- full of fresh fruits and vegetables, beans, and one-dish meals.
- Food and Your Mood
Why moods can tempt you to indulge -- and what to do about it
- Popular Diets of the World: The French Diet
Forget low-fat, low-carb, low-taste and low-calorie -- here's how eating the French diet way can keep you slim and healthy.
- Cauliflower: A Royal Health Boost
Cauliflower is not only low in calories, it's also loaded with vitamin C, potassium, fiber, and folic acid. Plus, a recipe for a zesty cauliflower and broccoli pasta dish.
- The Most Fattening Hour of the Day
Tips for the best drink choices to help your diet survive happy hour.
- What's Haunting Your Kitchen?
So you've decided it's time to start eating healthfully. You've stocked up on fruits, veggies, and whole grains.
- 10 Foods that Are Health Horrors
Foods that are really bad for your health.
- Love that Latin Cuisine
It’s time to think outside the burrito! There is much more to Latin cuisine than our favorite Mexican food items -- not that there’s anything wrong with loving Mexican cuisine!
- Lettuce Learn to Wash Produce Properly
The government's recent warning about some packaged fresh spinach has people worried about the safety of their produce, especially greens and lettuces.
- The Portion Problem
Americans are not eating smaller portions despite knowing the facts.
- Light and Luscious Ice Cream
Ice cream is a favorite American treat. We love all kinds of flavors, all kinds of ways -- in cones, sundaes, and shakes and atop pie, cobbler, and cake.
- Make Your Own Fast Food
Americans are eating more meals away from home, a trend expert says is helping to increase our calorie intake. In particular, many researchers say that our huge increase in fast-food consumption over the past few years has played a big role in the national obesity epidemic.
- Hoodia: Lots of Hoopla, Little Science
Hoodia gordonii, a succulent plant native to South Africa, is being imported in heaps to slim down hefty Americans.
- Kids Just Want to Have Fun with Food
When it comes to food, it seems kids just want to have fun.
- Keep Your Summer Body All Winter Long
Learn the secrets of avoiding winter weight gain.
- Can Fad Diets Work?
Many dieters are still trying to find the magic bullet to weight loss. WebMD gets the skinny from experts on the latest quick-fix diets.
- 20 Guilt-Free Splurges
Enjoy refreshing (and guilt-free!) treats you can have for under 100 calories durring the summer
- Eat Smart for a Healthier Brain
Add these 'superfoods' to your daily diet, and you will increase your odds of maintaining a healthy brain for the rest of your life.