What you choose to eat can affect your heart health. Eat vegetables, fruits, and whole grains. Include healthy foods like fat-free or low-fat dairy products, fish, poultry, beans, nuts, and vegetable oils. Experts recommend combining the plan with physical activity to control blood pressure. Staying a healthy weight, limiting your alcohol intake, and managing stress will also help your heart health.

Read more at: https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2021/02/eating-plan-healthy-heart

You gain weight when you take in more calories (through food and drinks) than you use up from physical activity and daily living. But there are many different factors that can affect weight gain, such as:

• The world around you. Your home, community, and workplace all may affect how you make daily lifestyle choices.
• Families. Overweight and obesity tend to run in families.
• Not enough sleep. People who don't get enough sleep may eat more calories and snack more.
• Emotions. Some people eat when they feel bored, sad, or stressed, even if they are not hungry.

Read more at: https://medlineplus.gov/weightcontrol.html