Diet & Nutrition
Food and beverages provide the energy and nutrients you need to improve health, manage disease, and reduce the risk of disease.
Find resources on nutrition to help you pay attention to what, when, how often, why, and how much you eat and drink, as well as, help manage health conditions such as diabetes, obesity, kidney disease, and others.
Featured Topics
General Nutrition
Digestive Diseases
Kidney Disease
Diet & Nutrition Topics
- About Food Portions
- Aim for a Healthy Weight
- Being Healthy is a Big Deal! Tips for Families (PDF, 1.47 MB)
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Celebrate the Beauty of Youth
- Celiac Disease
- Changing Your Habits for Better Health
- DASH Eating Plan
- Diet for Kidney Stone Prevention
- Dietary Guidelines
- Dieting and Gallstones
- Food Allergies
- Fruits and Veggies - More Matters
- Health Risks of Being Overweight
- Healthy Habits for Summer
- Healthy Meals and Snacks for Teens
- Healthy Recipes from NHLBI
- Helping Your Child: Tips for Parents
Weight-control Information Network (WIN)
- Sisters Together - Community-based program for African American women and their families
- Be a Health Champion - Healthy eating and physical activity information packet
- Help Reduce Childhood Obesity - Infographic to help you improve your child's health
Healthy Moments Radio
Listen to health tips from Dr. Rodgers in his weekly 1-minute episodes.
- How Do We Get Kids Moving?
- Eating and Nutrition: Tips for College Students
- Eating and Nutrition: Tips for K-12 Students
Clinical Trials
Research Discoveries & News
- NIH-funded team uses smartphone data in global study of physical activity
- Pregnancy diet high in refined grains could increase child obesity risk by age 7, NIH study suggests
- An enzyme deficiency contributes to disease symptoms in Prader-Willi syndrome
- Early-life exposures affect infant health
- NIH awards aim to understand molecular changes during physical activity
- NIH task force formed to develop first nutrition strategic plan