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Are you are one of the 97 million Americans who are overweight or obese? Or maybe you have your weight under control, but you fight a daily battle to keep it at a respectable level.

You definitely are not alone. We have a nutrition facts, figures, tools and links that can help you in your attainment or management of weight control.

On the navigation to the left, you will find:

• A handy food facts guide that will help you keep track of calories, fat grams, protein grams, carbohydrate grams, cholesterol, sodium and fiber in the foods that you are eating
  
• A discussion of how to choose a diet program that works for you
• The pros and cons of diet pills, herbal remedies and over the counter weight loss products and diet products
• An explaination of what calories are and how much you have to burn to lose pounds, calories in proteins, carbohydrates and fats
• An explaination of carbohydrates and what they do for your body
• Good and bad food fats, saturated fats, monosaturated fats, polyunsaturated fats, hydrogenated fats, animal fats, vegetable fats, fatty acids
• What body fat is and how to measure it through body mass index (BMI)
• Waist circumference (WC) and the indicators of health risk
• Links to other web sites that can be of assistance include: