Take Control of Your Weight

Enter your height and weight to find your  body mass index (BMI) - the number often used to judge whether your weight is healthy - or whether extra weight increases your risk for health problems, such as cancer. 

Use our calculator to get an estimate of how many calories you need daily to maintain your current weight.

If you're trying to control your weight, you need to watch what you eat. That means reading food labels.

It seems like everything these days is "super-sized." Cutting back on sugar, fat, and calories can be as simple watching your portion sizes, especially of foods high in fat and sugar.

You'll find ideas here for eating delicious restaurant foods without blowing your diet.

You grab a cinnamon roll for the morning commute, chips from a vending machine for the mid-afternoon slump, a few cookies before bed... and you may have consumed more calories from "snacks" than from the day's meals.

Most of your favorite recipes can be easily changed to increase the vegetables, fruits, and fiber, and lower the sugar, saturated fat, and calories.

Watching the amount of fat you eat is important because diets high in fat tend to be high in calories, and can contribute to weight gain. Here you'll find lists of some low fat foods to choose from.    

Keeping track of what you eat and drink can help you get to a healthy weight.