Five servings of fruits and vegetables are needed for a healthy daily diet.

Saturated fats, like butter, are the main cause of high cholesterol.

Physical activity can make people more mentally alert.

Fruits are loaded with fiber, vitamins and disease-fighting antioxidants.

Fruits and vegetables also provide folate, potassium, calcium and iron.

A general serving size for nuts is one small handful.

Tofu, made from soy beans, is an ancient food discovered in China around 164 B.C.

If you can't converse while exercising, your intensity is too high.

Seventy-eight percent of Americans start weight-loss programs on a Monday.

One sweet roll has 220 calories and 12 grams of fat.

Rectos abdominos muscles, or "abs," extend from your breastbone to your pelvis.

Two tablespoons of peanut butter contain 190 calories, 8 grams of protein and 8 grams of fat.

One cup of 2 percent milk has 120 calories and 5 grams of fat.

One cup of 1 percent milk has 105 calories and 2.6 grams of fat.

Three ounces of pork sausage has 240 calories and 19 grams of fat.

The average candy bar has 280 calories and 14 grams of fat.

Two chocolate kisses are about 50 calories.

One ounce of alcohol has 100 calories.

Dragon boating originated in China more than 2,000 years ago.

You have to burn about 4,000 calories to lose one pound of fat.

Try to bake, broil or microwave foods to cut fat.

Your target heart rate is 60 percent to 80 percent of your heart's maximum rate.

Choose "goo" fats like olive, almond, canola and other seed oils.

Broccoli contains sulphoraphane, a compound that may help prevent cancer.

There are more than 600 pasta shapes produced worldwide.

You should get 10 percent to 35 percent of your daily calories from protein.

Range of motion tests measure the flexibility of your joints.