Download or read book Weight Management written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-12-01 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary purpose of fitness and body composition standards in the U.S. Armed Forces has always been to select individuals best suited to the physical demands of military service, based on the assumption that proper body weight and composition supports good health, physical fitness, and appropriate military appearance. The current epidemic of overweight and obesity in the United States affects the military services. The pool of available recruits is reduced because of failure to meet body composition standards for entry into the services and a high percentage of individuals exceeding military weight-for-height standards at the time of entry into the service leave the military before completing their term of enlistment. To aid in developing strategies for prevention and remediation of overweight in military personnel, the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command requested the Committee on Military Nutrition Research to review the scientific evidence for: factors that influence body weight, optimal components of a weight loss and weight maintenance program, and the role of gender, age, and ethnicity in weight management.
Download or read book Sports Nutrition and Weight Management written by Dr. Balbinder Singh and published by Friends Publications (India). This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of sports nutrition is a dynamic one. Core competencies in exercise physiology, psychology, integrated metabolism and biochemistry are the initial parameters for a successful career in sports nutrition. In addition to the academic fundamentals, it is imperative that the sports nutritionist understand the sport in which our client participates. This sport specific understanding should manifest itself in fuel utilization, mechanics of movement, as well as psychological processes that motivate the participant to perform optimally. Sports nutrition is a broad interdisciplinary field that involves dietitians, biochemists, exercise physiologists, cell and molecular biologists, and occasionally psychotherapists. It has both a basic science aspect that includes such concerns as understanding the body’s use of nutrients during athletic competition and the need for nutritional supplements among athletes; and an application aspect, which is concerned with the use of proper nutrition and dietary supplements to enhance an athlete’s performance. The psychological or psychiatric dimension of sports nutrition is concerned with eating and other mental disorders related to nutrition among athletes. Nutrition is the process of consuming, absorbing and using nutrients needed by the body for growth, development and the maintenance of life; nutrients are chemical substances in foods that nourish the body. The present book entitled Sports Nutrition discusses in detail all the essential and relevant aspects involve in sports nutrition. Weight management refers to a set of practices and behaviors that are necessary to keep one’s weight at a healthful level. It is preferred to the term “dieting,” because it involves more than regulation of food intake or treatment of overweight people. People diagnosed with eating disorders who are not obese or overweight still need to practice weight management. Some health care professionals use the term “nutritional disorders” to cover all disorders related to weight. The purpose of weight management is to help each patient achieve and stay at the best weight possible the context of overall health, occupation, and living situation. A second purpose is the prevention and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with obesity or with eating disorders. These disorders include depression and other psychiatric disturbances, in addition to the physical problems associated with nutritional disorders. Good nutrition is vital to successful weight loss and management, and for good health. Several benefits of good nutrition are: improvement in cholesterol, reduction of blood pressure, and increase in overall energy. Many of us have tried one or more of the many fad diets or in the past have experienced the vicious cycle of unhealthy weight loss/weight regain. Some of the popular diets suggest eliminating certain food groups while others suggest taking mega-doses of vitamins.
Download or read book Weighing in written by Lesli J. Favor and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2008 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lots of teens struggle with weight issues. The good news is-you can take control. But it's more than understanding how to count calories and getting regular exercise. Genes, metabolism, even your environment can influence body weight. Forget the media's idea of the perfect body. What's a healthy weight for you? Book jacket.
Download or read book Fitness Professionals Guide to Sports Nutrition and Weight Management written by Laura J. Kruskall and published by . This book was released on 2010-06-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fitness Professionals’ Guide to Sports Nutrition and Weight Management is an indispensable text that gives fitness professionals essential advice and information on how to help their clients make better nutrition choices that effectively support an active lifestyle. Dr. Kruskall offers a wide variety of useful tips and practical guidance to fitness professionals, such as how to provide their clients with nutritional advice while staying within their scope of practice. This combination book and DVD package will serve as a valuable resource for health and fitness professionals who want to share scientifically sound, yet easy-to-understand and practical, nutrition information with their clients.
Download or read book Weighing the Options written by Committee to Develop Criteria for Evaluating the Outcomes of Approaches to Prevent and Treat Obesity and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1995-03-15 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly one out of every three adults in America is obese and tens of millions of people in the United States are dieting at any one time. This has resulted in a weight-loss industry worth billions of dollars a year and growing. What are the long-term results of weight-loss programs? How can people sort through the many programs available and select one that is right for them? Weighing the Options strives to answer these questions. Despite widespread public concern about weight, few studies have examined the long-term results of weight-loss programs. One reason that evaluating obesity management is difficult is that no other treatment depends so much on an individual's own initiative and state of mind. Now, a distinguished group of experts assembled by the Institute of Medicine addresses this compelling issue. Weighing the Options presents criteria for evaluating treatment programs for obesity and explores what these criteria mean--to health care providers, program designers, researchers, and even overweight people seeking help. In presenting its criteria the authors offer a wealth of information about weight loss: how obesity is on the rise, what types of weight-loss programs are available, how to define obesity, how well we maintain weight loss, and what approaches and practices appear to be most successful. Information about weight-loss programs--their clients, staff qualifications, services, and success rates--necessary to make wise program choices is discussed in detail. The book examines how client demographics and characteristics--including health status, knowledge of weight-loss issues, and attitude toward weight and body image--affect which programs clients choose, how successful they are likely to be with their choices, and what this means for outcome measurement. Short- and long-term safety consequences of weight loss are discussed as well as clinical assessment of individual patients. The authors document the health risks of being overweight, summarizing data indicating that even a small weight loss reduces the risk of disease and depression and increases self-esteem. At the same time, weight loss has been associated with some poor outcomes, and the book discusses the implications for program evaluation. Prevention can be even more important than treatment. In Weighing the Options, programs for population groups, efforts targeted to specific groups at high risk for obesity, and prevention of further weight gain in obese individuals get special attention. This book provides detailed guidance on how the weight-loss industry can improve its programs to help people be more successful at long-term weight loss. And it provides consumers with tips on selecting a program that will improve their chances of permanently losing excess weight.
Download or read book Nutrition and Obesity written by Alexandra Kazaks and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an up-to-date, scientifically accurate study of the causes, consequences, and potential of individual and public responses to the serious health issue of obesity. Presents major concepts about obesity including health risks, energy balance, eating behaviours, the biology of hunger and satiety, and pharmacotherapy and surgery as treatment.
Download or read book Integrative Weight Management written by Gerard E. Mullin and published by Springer Science & Business. This book was released on 2014-05-03 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrative Weight Management: A Guide for Clinicians intends to educate physicians and nutritionists about the wide ranges of approaches to weight control from non-traditional sources. The options for weight management in conventional practices are limited to a small number of medications, a confusing array of dietary approaches and surgical procedures with their inherent risks and complications. Unfortunately medical practitioners are not exposed to nutrition and weight control principles during training and thus are reluctant to manage their patients weight control issues. This volume is structured into 4 sections: Introduction to Weight Management Disorders; Morbidity and Mortality of Obesity; Therapy of Obesity; and Integrative Medicine and Obesity. Integrative Weight Management: A Guide for Clinicians represents a powerful collaboration of dozens of leading experts in the fields of nutrition, weight management and integrative medicine who have managed countless numbers of patients and summarized the research from thousands of articles to create an up-to- date state of the art guide for healthcare practitioners, allied health professionals and public health authorities who manage those who are overweight/obese along with the associated metabolic consequences.
Download or read book Nutrition and Weight Management written by Lori A. Smolin and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healthy eating and proper nutrition are the keys to weight management. This book explores how to maintain and lose weight without sacrificing any of the essential nutrients that keep the body healthy.
Download or read book Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Pocket Guide to Pediatric Weight Management written by Mary Catherine Mullen and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes assessment tools, intervention strategies, effective counseling approaches, monitoring and evaluation techniques, and prevention plans. Appendices with an assortment of formulas, assessment methodologies, and professional resources make this a ""must-own"" pocket guide for the pediatric practitioner.
Download or read book Weight Management and Obesity written by Courtney Winston Paolicelli and published by Momentum Press. This book was released on 2016-01-18 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five decades ago, the major nutrition-related issues facing the United States were nutrient deficiencies, under consumption of calories, and malnutrition. In 2016, however, the food landscape is drastically different, and today, the United States faces nutrition-related issues more closely associated with over consumption of calories, bigger waistlines, and chronic disease. Overweight and obesity now afflict the majority of U.S. adults and a large percentage of U.S. children. In addition, diet-related chronic diseases that used to be exclusively observed among adults (e.g., cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and hypertension) are now being detected in children and adolescents. To lower the risk and/or assist with the management of chronic illnesses, overweight and obese patients are frequently advised to lose weight. Although there are many proposed “quick fixes” for weight loss, long-term weight management is a struggle for most patients. As such, nutrition and healthcare clinicians need to understand the etiology of weight gain and the science-based steps necessary for proper and adequate weight management interventions. This textbook comprehensively examines the treatment of overweight and obesity using an individualized approach. Interventions including diet and behavioral modification, pharmacotherapy, surgery, and physical activity are discussed in the context of an overall lifestyle approach to weight management. Characteristics of successful weight management programs are explored, and example menu plans are provided.
Download or read book Smart People Don t Diet written by Charlotte N. Markey and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2015-02-11 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being on a diet is a miserable experience for most people, and it rarely leads to the desired goal of shedding fat. In fact, studies show that dieters often gain weight rather than lose it, because the intensity, restrictions, and short duration of most diets means they are ill - equipped to produce long - term effects. In Smart People Don't Diet, Dr Charlotte N. Markey presents a refreshingly different perspective, addressing the underlying causes of weight gain and offering proven strategies for lasting weight management. This book will show you how to eat well, lose weight, and keep it off - without dieting. The gimmicks don't work, but Dr Markey's reasonable, accessible advice will help you get - and stay - healthy.
Download or read book 32 Mondays Weight Management Program An Educational Program to Manage Your Weight for Life written by Arantxa Mateo and published by R. R. Bowker. This book was released on 2018-07-04 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to lose weight fast and with no effort? Looking for a magic diet to lose weight for good? Then this book is not for you. You didn't gain weight overnight, and whoever promises you that you will lose weight fast in a healthy way and stay in shape while still maintaining your old habits is not telling the truth. So how can you lose weight instead? The answer to this question is right in front of you. In this book, you will find a 15-step program that will take you through the necessary aspects of losing and maintaining your weight, a concrete map that will steadily lead you to your goal, with guaranteed success after 32 weeks: It's not a diet. Your lost pounds will never return. You will never be hungry. You can keep your treats. You will feel happy and energetic. To be able to manage your weight on your own after you've completed the program, you will also learn: how your body reacts to certain foods and their combinations why meal timing is important how to read product labels and shop wisely what hormone balance has to do with weight loss how to easily incorporate exercise into your life Are you leading a busy life, maybe running a family? So is the author of this book, an entrepreneur and mother of two with no personal cook or trainer. That's why each step of the program comes with practical tips - a grocery shopping list, a menu plan for a week, and more - to show you how to incorporate it in your life from day one. Imagine, where you'd be now if you would have started 32 Mondays ago. Don't waste more time. Start losing weight today! About the Author Arantxa Mateo is a trained biologist, nutrition specialist, and weight management mentor. Born and raised in Barcelona, Spain, Arantxa was overweight as a child, but as a teenager, she discovered she could take control of what and when to eat. That's when she decided to study biology to learn about the science of life and its relation to nutrition and weight management. Arantxa's personal struggles combined with her education in biology and nutrition eventually lead her to develop the 32 Mondays Weight Management Program, which is not a diet but rather a transformational program to teach people how to manage their weight for the rest of their lives. Today, Arantxa no longer hides her body, and she feels in perfect harmony with herself. She is fluent in both Spanish and English, and she's excited to help others establish a new routine through her innovative program that will keep them focused on losing weight until they reach their goals. As someone who knows what it is like to struggle with healthy eating, Arantxa believes "Food is a pleasure. Nobody deserves to be on a diet!"
Download or read book Academy Of Nutrition And Dietetics Complete Food And Nutrition Guide 5th Ed written by Roberta Duyff and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 817 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The newest edition of the most trusted nutrition bible. Since its first, highly successful edition in 1996, The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Complete Food and Nutrition Guide has continually served as the gold-standard resource for advice on healthy eating and active living at every age and stage of life. At once accessible and authoritative, the guide effectively balances a practical focus with the latest scientific information, serving the needs of consumers and health professionals alike. Opting for flexibility over rigid dos and don’ts, it allows readers to personalize their own paths to healthier living through simple strategies. This newly updated Fifth Edition addresses the most current dietary guidelines, consumer concerns, public health needs, and marketplace and lifestyle trends in sections covering Choices for Wellness; Food from Farm to Fork; Know Your Nutrients; Food for Every Age and Stage of Life; and Smart Eating to Prevent and Manage Health Issues.
Download or read book Weight Management for Your Life written by Charles Goldman and published by Charles Goldman. This book was released on 2008-06-05 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concise, research-based, and comprehensive, Weight Management for Your Life gives people who struggle with weight control the information and skills needed to achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Read this book if you are mildly or moderately overweight, if your weight is in a healthy range and you are concerned about possible future weight gain, or if you don't really know what a desirable weight range should be. This book will help you determine whether you are ready to make a commitment to proactive lifelong weight management and, if not, what actions and decisions might bring you to that point. Follow the "easy action steps" in Chapter 11 and you will be able to say with confidence, "I know what I want to do, and I am doing it!" This book is also recommended for therapists, counselors, and other health professionals who work with people interested in adopting a healthy lifestyle.
Download or read book The EatingWell Diet Introducing the University Tested VTrim Weight Loss Program written by Jean Harvey-Berino and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2009-01-05 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A science-based plan that brings together cutting-edge, university-tested weight-loss strategies with delicious, quick, and easy recipes. "Almost everyone knows the truth: to lose the weight, we need to eat less and move more," says weight-management pioneer Jean Harvey-Berino. "This book is about the missing link: how to do it." Harvey-Berino believes that permanent weight loss only happens by changing everyday behaviors: replacing old, unhealthy habits with new ones. And clinical research proves her right: participants in her behaviorally based VTrim™ Weight Management Program lost an average of 21 pounds in 6 months—more than double that of an online commercial weight-loss program. In a unique collaboration, The EatingWell Diet brings you the tools that helped "VTrimmers" succeed—including goal-setting, self-tracking, and controlling eating "triggers"—along with wisdom and recipes from the creative cooks and nutrition experts at the nation's premier magazine of food and health. More than just a sensible way to lose weight, it's a workbook for a healthy way of life.
Download or read book The Ice Cream Diet written by Holly McCord and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-07-07 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides recipes, exercise advice, and meal plans utilizing ice cream to lose weight, alleviate PMS symptoms, lower blood pressure, and reduce the risk of colon cancer.
