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Healthy Lifestyle

Access information about weight loss and obesity, tobacco and smoking, alcohol and drinking, and injury and accident prevention.

Weight Loss & Obesity

What are Overweight and Obesity? | en español (NIH)
Learn about causes, risks, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

Tips for Healthy Eating for a Healthy Weight (CDC)
Read about eating plans that promote health, health you manage your weight, and develop healthy eating patterns so you can live a longer and healthier life.

Smoking & Tobacco

BeTobaccoFree.gov
Find information from federal agencies on the health effects of smoking, quitting, tobacco facts, new prevention campaigns, and more.

HHS Framework to Support and Accelerate Smoking Cessation
Learn how HHS provides a unifying vision and set of common goals through an equity lens to help drive progress towards cessation, especially in populations and communities that experience smoking- and cessation-related disparities.

Drinking & Alcohol

Make a Difference: Talk to Your Child about Alcohol (NIH)
Get tips on talking to your child or teen about alcohol, how to host a teen party, how to help your child resist peer pressure to drink, warnings signs of a drinking problem, and an action checklist.

Alcohol Use and Your Health (CDC)
Read about drinking levels, excessive alcohol use, drinking problems, and more.

Injury & Accident Prevention

Injury and Violence Prevention (CDC)
Read about preventing injury and violence; how to stay safe at home, school, and work; safety on-the-go; and safety at play.

Safety & Prevention (CDC)
Explore workplace safety topics.

Content created by Digital Communications Division (DCD)
Content last reviewed September 9, 2024
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