Weight

If you want to be healthy what weight is ideal for you? This course will provide you with what you need to know to determine your healthy and ideal body weight.

Are you caught in the yoyo dieting trap? Have you successfully lost weight only to regain several months later? While reducing your weight may bring health benefits yoyo dieting may be anything but healthy.

Controversial research suggests being moderately overweight may increase longevity. Does this imply that being overweight can be healthy? Is it possible to be healthy even if you are not at a healthy body weight?

Nutrition prior to conception for both parents has been identified as a key fertility factor and may influence future health of offspring. Mom’s nutrition status during pregnancy is vital to health pregnancy outcomes.

The Glycemic Index has been put forward as a means to control blood-glucose levels in people with diabetes. There may also be health benefits associated with consuming fewer high GI foods and more low GI foods for most people.