Diet & Nutrition
Food and beverages provide the energy and nutrients you need to improve health, manage disease, and reduce the risk of disease.
Find resources on nutrition to help you pay attention to what, when, how often, why, and how much you eat and drink, as well as, help manage diseases and conditions such as diabetes, obesity, kidney disease, and others.
Featured Topics
General Nutrition
Digestive Diseases
Diet & Nutrition Topics
- About Food Portions
- Aim for a Healthy Weight
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Celiac Disease
- Changing Your Habits for Better Health
- DASH Eating Plan
- Diet for Kidney Stone Prevention
- Dietary Guidelines
- Dieting & Gallstones
- Food Allergies
- Health Risks of Being Overweight
- Healthy Recipes from NHLBI
- Helping Your Child: Tips for Parents
Healthy Moments Radio
Listen to health tips from Dr. Rodgers in his weekly 1-minute episodes.
- Eating and Nutrition: Tips for K-12 Students
- Break Through Your Physical Activity Roadblock: Starting
- Break Through Your Physical Activity Roadblock: Motivation
Clinical Trials
Watch a video of NIDDK Director Dr. Griffin P. Rodgers explaining the importance of participating in clinical trialsResearch Discoveries & News
- Gut bacteria utilize dietary fiber to release beneficial nutrient with positive effects on metabolism
- The sweet spot: how a gut sensory cell determines preference for sugar over artificial sweetener
- A treatment that may improve muscle insulin sensitivity in postmenopausal women
- Designer foods target microbiome to boost host health