The food and physical activity choices you make every day affect your health – how you feel today, tomorrow, and in the future.  A Healthier You is grounded in the comprehensive science-based advice of the official Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005.

This easy-to-use guide will help you make wise food and physical activity choices to manage your weight with:

• Healthy eating patterns with a seven-day menu from the DASH* Eating Plan
• Ways to use the Nutrition Facts label to make healthy product choices
• Tips for eating out and when you are on the go
• Nearly 100 easy, healthy and tested recipes along with helpful websites
• Reproducible worksheets to track your progress
• Steps for incorporating physical activity into your life

Plus, A Healthier You includes the complete Dietary Guidelines for Americans with its 41 key recommendations

Visit A Healthier You Official Web Site

You can download the book in PDFs.

This one-stop, easy-to-use resource brings together nutrition science and expertise to help Americans make smart choices from every food group, find balance between food and physical activity, and get the most out of the calories we consume.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the premier agency in America publishing guides for health and wellness of Americans.  HHS is the  United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans.  By law, HHS along with the U.S. Department of Agriculture are responsible for releasing a report providing nutrition and dietary guidelines for the general public (The Dietary Guidelines for Americans).

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