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Eating well

Eating well fuels your body with essential nutrients, boosts energy, and supports overall health. It helps prevent diseases, improves mood, and keeps you feeling your best every day.

Eating well for good health

Choosing healthy and nutritious foods has many health benefits, including improved bone and muscle strength, higher energy levels and better mood and sleep. It can also help to reduce your risk of health conditions such as heart disease, stroke, dementia and some cancers.

Eating well for healthy bones

Eating well can help you build strong bones from an early age and keep them strong throughout your life. Find out how you can best support good bone health.

Eating well for older people

It is important you eat well as you get older. This ensures you are getting the nutrients you need and that you maintain a healthy weight.

Fibre and fluid for healthy bowels

Fibre and fluids keep your bowels regular and healthy and help prevent constipation. Find out how to get more fibre into your diet.

Getting your daily vitamin D

We need vitamin D for strong bones and muscles and for general health. It helps your body take in enough calcium from the food you eat.

How to overcome a poor appetite

If you are recovering from illness, have just left hospital or have lost your appetite, there may be days when you do not feel like eating. The tips on this page may help you to eat more.

How to read food labels

If you buy packaged foods, learning how to read and understand food labels can help you make healthier choices. Follow these tips when you are shopping to choose which brand or variety to buy.

Popular diets review

We have reviewed 8 popular diets to make sense of some of the different dietary approaches out there.
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