WHY MANAGE WEIGHT ?
Weight management includes the techniques and physiological processes that contribute to a person's ability to attain and maintain a certain weight. Most weight management techniques encompass long-term lifestyle strategies that promote healthy eating and daily physical activity. Moreover, weight management involves developing meaningful ways to track weight over time and to identify ideal body weights for different individuals.
Due to the rising obesity rates in many parts of the world, proper weight management strategies most often focus on achieving healthy weights through slow but steady weight loss, followed by maintenance of an ideal body weight over time.
Rising obesity rates are a major concern around the world. Understanding the basic science of weight management and some of the strategies for attaining and maintaining a healthy weight is very important to a person's overall health because obesity is a risk factor for many chronic diseases, like Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease
CRITICAL POINTS OF WEIGHT MANAGEMENT
Energy Balance
Calories consumed (food, drink) = Calories expended (basal metabolic rate, physical activity, thermogenic effect of food, acute illness)
Physical activity
Physical activity is one of the main components of a person's daily energy expenditure.Physical activity can be related to a person's professional activities, it can be part of non-work related daily activities, or it can be in the form of physical exercise. Such physical activity may help a person to maintain a healthy weight and avoid developing noncommunicable diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and dyslipidemia (high cholesterol)
Body Mass Index
Body mass index (BMI) is a value used to get a general sense of a person's overall mass and is calculated using a person's height and weight.It is more often used than weight alone to determine if an individual is underweight, normal weight, overweight, or obese.
Diet
The types of food and drink a person consumes are very important to weight management.Not only is it important to eat a well balanced diet in order to get the proper amount of vitamins and nutrients each day to prevent illness, but it is also important to be aware that certain qualities of foods and drinks
Basal Metabolic rate
BMR is defined as the amount of energy that is expended during a given amount of time by a person at rest.BMR is the amount of energy the body expends during the following very specific conditions: right after waking up, while in a resting state, and after fasting for 12–14 hours.
Thermogenic effect of food
The thermogenic effect of food is another component of a person's daily energy expenditure and refers to the amount of energy it takes the body to digest, absorb, and metabolize nutrients in the diet.
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Obesity is a complex health issue resulting from a combination of causes and individual factors such as behavior and genetics. Behaviors can include physical activity, inactivity, dietary patterns, medication use, and other exposures. Additional contributing factors include the food and physical activity environment, education and skills, and food marketing and promotion.Obesity is serious because it is associated with poorer mental health outcomes and reduced quality of life. Obesity is also associated with the leading causes of death worldwide, including diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and some types of cancer. THIS IS A GOOD START LET ME HELP YOU !