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- Latest findings on nutrition, diet, and disease prevention
- Expert, practical guidance to help you achieve a healthy diet and weight loss
Maintaining a healthy diet—and using diet in combination with exercise to maintain a healthy weight—can help lower the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, and many kinds of cancer. This area of Johns Hopkins Health Alerts provides the very latest findings on nutrition and disease prevention, and offers expert, practical guidance on how to enjoy a health-promoting diet and weight loss plan.
Most people recognize the importance of a healthy diet, and yet they do not always follow a healthy diet. A recent report issued by the Congressional General Accounting Office notes that only 23% of Americans get their recommended servings of fruit and only 41% get their recommended servings of vegetables.
Changing dietary habits and losing weight in middle or even old age can significantly influence health. Johns Hopkins experts address these concerns and counter them with simple, effective strategies for achieving good nutrition and, in particular, keeping your weight under control if you are overweight.
Nutrition and Weight Control Glossary
Johns Hopkins Weekly Podcasts: Each podcast is a lively discussion of the week's medical news and how it may affect you. Each ten to twelve-minute free program features Rick Lange, M.D., chief of clinical cardiology at Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Elizabeth Tracey, director of the Hopkins Health NewsFeed, a radio news service program at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Johns Hopkins Podcast: Weekly Program, and Archive
