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Good nutrition and physical activity are keys to living a healthy lifestyle. Eating a balanced diet and doing regular physical activity can improve your health and reduce your risk for chronic diseases.

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Adolescent Health and Nutrition

Chronic Disease Prevention

Exploring MyPlate

Food's Role in Health

Medications and Supplements

New and Expectant Parents

Nourish Your Body

Physical Activity

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Health and Nutrition Publications

MyPlate Plans for 15- to 19-year-olds

This chart was designed to provide an estimate of daily food needs based on the recommendations at www.choosemyplate.gov. On the following chart, find your gender, age and activity level. Mark the row with your plan. Visit www.…

MyPlate Plans for 8- to 14-year-olds

This chart was designed to provide an estimate of daily food needs based on the recommendations at www.choosemyplate.gov. On the following chart, find your gender, age and activity level. Mark the row with your plan. Visit www.…

MyPlate Plans for Toddlers to Age 7

This chart was designed to provide an estimate of daily food needs based on the recommendations at www.choosemyplate.gov. On the following chart, find the child’s gender, age and activity level. Mark the row with your plan. Visit www.…

Nourish Your Body With Sleep

This provides information about sleep needs, foods that may affect sleep and ways to promote sleep.

Nourish Your Bones

Keeping our bones healthy is a lifelong process. As we get older, our bodies may break down bone faster than we can make new bone. This can cause problems if our bones don’t have enough stored nutrients to keep them strong. Eating nutrient…

Nourish Your Bones and Joints: Size up the Supplement

Supplements have different serving sizes and intake recommendations. To determine how many milligrams (mg) of a nutrient are in each capsule, divide the milligrams of that nutrient by the number of capsules in each serving size. Remember,…

Nourish Your Digestive System

Have you heard about probiotics and prebiotics?

Nourish Your Joints

Most of us experience some joint stiffness during seasonal changes. However, degenerative diseases such as arthritis can inhibit daily activities.

Nourish Your Skin

A Healthy Skin Diet is Like the Heart-healthy Diet.

Nourishing Your Mind and Body: Manage Stress for Better Health

People have different definitions of stress. Probably the most common definition is “physical, mental or emotion strain or tension.” Stress is different for all of us. People will perceive the same stressor in a number of ways and,…
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