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Weight Loss Matters Tip Sheets


Weight Loss Matters tip sheets have been designed to provide advice on weight loss and weight maintenance for those who have type 2 diabetes or who are at risk for type 2 diabetes. Each month a new tip sheet will be added to this page.

NEW!! Small Steps for Your Health
Changing your behavior to adopt a healthier lifestyle can be tough. This tip sheet gives ideas and tips for making "small steps" towards a healthier lifestyle. Also, find out what the ingredients are to a making a successful lifestyle change.

Getting Started
Being overweight or obese is a leading risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Learn what you can do to start losing weight and lower your chances for developing type 2 diabetes.

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Getting Motivated
Becoming motivated to lose weight can be difficult, especially if you have struggled with losing weight in the past.  This tip sheet will help you explore your readiness to begin a weight loss plan and help you find the inspiration to take action.

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Losing Weight: What Does It Take?
This tip sheet provides a brief overview of how diet and exercise can help you lose weight, and discusses some options for the severely obese who are unable to lose weight with diet and exercise alone.

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Food & Portion Size
This tip sheet will help you find out what "portion control" really means and how to determine the right portion sizes. Plus, learn how to use the food pyramid to tell you how many servings to have each day.

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Healthy Eating: Make It Happen
Making healthy food choices can be hard to do and time consuming. You need to have healthy foods in your pantry, take time to plan meals and shop, and eat home more and eat out less. With today's busy schedules, that's a lot to do. This tip sheet gives you practical tips to make healthy eating happen.

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Be Active! But How?
Being active is a big part of living a healthy lifestyle. Check out the benefits of being active, how much activity is best for you and get a few tips to become more active now.

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Healthy Weight Loss
Reality is that losing weight in a healthy way and learning how to to keep it off for years, is not easy. It takes a new way of thinking. Are you ready?

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