Articles

• Artificial sweeteners: A safe alternative to sugar
• Eating habits: To lose weight, explore why you overeat
• Energy density and weight loss: Feel full on fewer calories
• Fast food: 6 ways to healthier meals
• Food group and serving size list
• Healthy-eating tips
• Holiday drinks: Good cheer, but watch the calories
• Ingredient substitutions: Make the switch for healthier recipes
• Lose weight with proper portion control
• Low-carb diets
• Mayo Clinic Diet: A weight-loss program for life
• Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid: A sample menu
• Recipe makeovers: 5 ways to create healthy recipes
• Snacks: How they fit into a healthy diet
• Weight management recipes
• Weight-loss options: 6 common diet plans

Tools

• Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid tool
• Social, emotional and psychological barriers to weight loss
• Portion control for weight loss
• Calorie calculator

Ask a weight-loss specialist

• Caffeine: Can it help me lose weight?
• Coffee calories: How many in your cup?
• Detox diets: Do they offer any health benefits?
• Trying to lose weight? Watch what you drink
• Vegetarian diet: Will it help me lose weight?
• Weight loss: Better to cut calories or exercise more?

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