Eating Well
Calories: Know Your Numbers
Understanding calories is important for weight loss and control.
Diets Debunked
AARP compares the nation’s most popular diets and gives you tips on how to lose weight the healthy way
Eating Out, the Healthy Way
When eating out, your restaurant menu choices and nutrition labels can keep your waistline thin while you still enjoy dining out.
Eating Right
Is your diet healthy? The government's dietary guidelines will help you adjust your own diet.
Eating Right When Eating on the Run
Whether you’re traveling or on the go at home, you don’t have to sacrifice a healthy diet.
Enjoy the Holidays Without Gaining Santa's Belly
These tips will help you maintain a healthy diet during the holidays and avoid gaining weight.
Food Safety
Tainted food can make you sick. AARP offers food safety tips to keep you from getting sick from the food you eat.
Food as Fuel -- How to Nourish and Strengthen Your Physically Active Body
AARP explains fuel foods for maintaining good nutrition and eating habits during the off-season.
Foods To Fight Disease
Healthy eating can help you live a longer, healthier life. AARP offers tips on fighting disease with good nutrition.
Good Workouts Need a Good Diet
Eating the right foods and following basic nutrition rules will improve your athletic performance.
Healthy Snacking
You can enjoy your snacks and still eat healthy.
Herbal Supplements: Are They Safe?
Information about herbal supplements – what they are and how they affect the body.
Look and Feel Healthier, Vegetarian Style
A healthy vegetarian diet or style of eating is more than just not eating meat.
Lose Weight for Good
You can keep weight off for good by losing weight the sensible and healthy way – with a good diet and regular exercise.
NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study: Dietary Fat and Postmenopausal Invasive Breast Cancer
This NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study of 188,736 postmenopausal women finds that as the amount of fat a woman consumes increases, so does the risk of developing breast cancer.
NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study: Impact of Diet and Lifestyle Factors on Risk of Cancer
The NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study is the largest of its kind, focusing on the impact of diet and lifestyle factors on the risk of cancer.
Planning Simple, Healthy Meals
Shopping tips, recipe ideas, and leftover solutions for keeping your meals healthy and simple to plan and prepare.
Read Food Labels for a Healthier Diet
Learn to read food labels to help you choose healthy foods.
Size Does Matter – Master Portion Control
Understanding portion size and portion control will help you manage your weight.
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