#Nutrition & weight control 

I lost 20 pounds and 4″ off my waist in 2011 and while my gut might be a little bigger… in the years since, at least I fit into the smaller clothes.  Here’s some of the tips and suggestions I found helpful.

• MAHA  Make America Healthy Again
  • Kennedy, Rollins Unveil Historic Reset of U.S. Nutrition Policy, Put Real Food Back at Center of Health  usda.gov january 2026 
  • Red Meat, Full-Fat Dairy Get Top Billing In Updated Dietary Guidelines  kff.org January 2026
  • RFK Jr.’s new dietary guidelines go all in on meat and dairy  npr.org January 2026
  • I’m a dietitian. The new federal dietary guidelines will make my job harder  If the goal was to  make nutrition clearer, this new pyramid does the opposite  Stat News.com January 2026
    • Gosh, I thought I just didn’t understand new stuff!
  • I’m a designer. The new food pyramid is outdated and confusing  It’s like a collection of emoji-inspired illustrations or clip art from a ’50s health pamphlet  Stat New January 2026
• Losing Weight after 50: Strategies and Food Swaps that Work
• SNAP   Food Stamps  EBT
• 15 Things to Say When Someone Comments on Your Weight  Time.com *
• Why is urine yellow CBS News
• Q&A: Food-as-medicine program increases engagement in preventive health care
• Best diet for 2024 goes to a science-backed style of eating
• Exercise & Diet more important than ever with virus at large! ^{CA Health Line} *
• A high BMI is not necessarily associated with a higher risk of death, study finds  A body mass index in the range considered overweight is not linked to a higher mortality risk for many people — more evidence that BMI alone is not a reliable indicator of health.  Read More   CBS News *
• Rabbi Moses Ben Maimon, known as Maimonides – Rambam on Diet & Hygiene
  • cfhu.org/experts-weigh-in-on intermittent-fasting
  • Food and Age: It Takes Two to Degenerate
  • The Maimonides Model for a Regimen of Health: A Comparison with the Contemporary Scenario
  • 14 Jewish Ideas That Will Actually Keep You Healthy
• If you have suggestions or questions, please post in comments.
• HMR Calorie Chart Height & Weight Chart from healthy weight forum.org
• Choose My Plate.gov NEW USDA Food Plate (WebMD) 8 1/2 x 11 Printable
• Note that Health Care Reform – MANDATES Chain Restaurants to provide calories on the Menu. Deadline Extended 7.10.2015 CA Health Line 2014 Updates ^{Page 455 Section 4205 HR 3590}
• Emotional Eating ace fitness.org
• Maybe a Nap would help?
  • time.com/what-foods-to-eat-for-sleep/
• Supreme Court Ruling – Nutrition labels will be more accurate and easier to read Food and beverage companies can be sued for false advertising if they put labels on products that would “mislead and trick consumers,” Until Thursday, many judges and food-industry lawyers maintained that sellers of beverages and food products could not be sued for false advertising so long as the product’s label accurately disclosed the ingredients in small print, as required by the Food and Drug Administration. Lanham Act. It forbids using “false or misleading descriptions” to sell a product latimes.com/
• What type of stool is the healthiest?
• LA Health Officials Launch Campaign To Combat Obesity As part of “Healthy Eating Out,” restaurants across the county will offer smaller portions to help fight the obesity epidemic. The organizers would like to grow the participating list of restaurants from 700, many of which are Subways, to 30,000. In other news, restaurants’ health inspections are falling behind because of a shortage of inspectors.
• Why Food Portions Matter For Children’s Health In L.A. County  More than 700 restaurants across Los Angeles County have pledged to curb adult and childhood obesity by offering smaller portion sizes and healthier meals on their menus as part of a public health campaign, officials announced Thursday. (Abram, 2/11)
• Health Officials Want You To Eat Smaller Portions At Restaurants Now, in another attempt to reduce obesity rates, the Los Angeles County Public Health department is launching an advertising campaign to encourage parents and their kids to choose smaller portions and healthier foods the next time they eat out. Though California has the fifth-lowest adult obesity rate in the nation, it has the highest obesity rate among low-income kids ages 2 to 4, with nearly 17% who are obese. Approximately 15% of all California kids are obese, according to national data. (Karlamangla, 2/11)
• Restaurant Labor Woes Extend To Shortage Of Health Inspectors  The growing number of restaurants, cafes and food trucks in San Francisco presents a labor challenge not just to the business owners in charge of staffing them. There aren’t enough health inspectors to conduct the routine inspections required by the city, industry leaders say. A search of the restaurant database on the San Francisco Health Department web site shows restaurants often have gone well over a year between inspections. (Sciacca, 2/11)
• kff health news.org new-weight-loss-treatment-is-marked-by-heavy-marketing-and-modest-results
• Exposure to any light during sleep linked to obesity – Serious Health Issues

Insurance Company Information

• myuhc.com_Health record flier_UnitedHealthcare.pdf
• Preventive care_Overview flier_UnitedHealthcare.pdf
• Real Appeal_Case study brochure_UnitedHealthcare.pdf
• Real Appeal_Overview Flier_UnitedHealthcare.pdf
• Unitedhealthcare Member Welcome_Brochure_UnitedHealthcare.pdf

Food & Nutrition Calculators

The online dietary assessment provides information on your diet quality, related nutrition messages, and links to nutrient information. After providing a day’s worth of dietary information, you will receive an overall evaluation by comparing the amounts of food you ate to current nutritional guidance. To give you a better understanding of your diet over time, you can track what you eat up to a year.

• Dessert Wizard
• Calorie Counter
• healthy weight forum.org
• Breakfast Calculator
• health care partners.com
• croatia.bmi
• 20 Reasons Japanese Women Stay Slim and Don’t Look Old

Resources

• Healthy Eating & Diet (Web MD)
• Food Frauds that can wreck your Diet (WebMD)
• Fast Food Choices Table of Condiments Healthy Refrigerator The Sweet Truth About Food and Diabetes Nutrition Quiz
• Health Line.com lose weight asap
• 14 ways to lower insulin levels
• beckers payer.com/payers-are-mostly-denying-coverage-for-weight-loss-drugs-but-a-loophole-exists
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Our other pages on Preventative & Wellness Benefits & Tips

• Employer Insurance Company pages – Then find Administrative or Wellness
• Individual & Family Insurance Companies

Trump  Make America Healthy Again

• RFK Jr.’s MAHA Movement Has Picked Up Steam in Statehouses. Here’s What To Expect in 2026  Kff.org  January 2026 
• The Supreme Court has determined that health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, must continue to fully cover preventative services, including cancer screenings, HIV prevention medication, and mental health counseling, without co-pays or deductibles.  ^Forbes *
• Nearly half of the U.S. population is pre-diabetic or has type-2 diabetes. Every month, diabetes causes 13,000 new amputations, 5,000 new cases of kidney failure and up to 2,000 new cases of blindness in our country. In 1960, approximately 13 percent of American adults were obese. Now, more than 40 percent of Americans are obese, and more than 70 percent are either obese or overweight.
• Even more shockingly, one-quarter of our teenagers today are pre-diabetic or have type-2 diabetes, and obesity is the leading medical reason that 71 percent of young Americans are disqualified from military service.  Learn More >>> The Hill   11/2024   *   Listing of the 6 Points  Beckers Hospital Review 12/2024  *
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