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The key to achieving and maintaining a healthy weight isn't about short-term changes. It's about a lifestyle that includes healthy eating, regular physical activity, and balancing the number of calories you eat with the number of calories your body uses. Staying in control of your weight contributes to good health now and in the future. Watch the video below to learn ways to maintain a healthy weight for a lifetime.

A health care provider is your partner for a variety of needs including prevention, routine care and acute care. Your provider may be a physician (family practitioner, internist, or pediatrician), nurse practitioner, or physician assistant.

Body Mass Index or BMI is a number calculated from a person’s body weight and height.

View best practices, what routine examinations are needed, and what services are offered to assist you with cancer prevention.

What is cholesterol? It is a waxy, fat-like substance that naturally exists in the cells of the body. There are two main types of cholesterol: "good" or HDL (High Density Lipoprotein) and "bad" or LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein). Having abnormal levels of cholesterol can put you at a higher risk for heart disease, a heart attack, or a stroke.

Have your body fat percentage checked at Health Plus. Maintaining a healthy body fat percentage has many benefits.

Management of blood pressure is vital to living a healthy lifestyle. Learn how Health Plus can help.

The following "healthy pregnancy and baby's best start" tool kit has information to help faculty and staff locate resources offered through Vanderbilt and other reliable sources. You can learn more by clicking on the links in the Healthy Pregnancy and Breastfeeding sections.

Women and Heart Disease Mary Tidwell, intern with the Vanderbilt Dietetic Internship, talks with Cindy Osborn, Registered Dietitian at the Vanderbilt Heart Institute, about important nutrition choices women can make to reduce their risk of heart disease.