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Title: Weight Management, diets, etc


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Weight Management, diets, etc
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WEIGHT MANAGEMENT!!
  • Diet and exercise plan to achieve or maintain a
    desirable weight and body composition.

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  • A weight management plan is based on caloric
    intake and caloric expenditure.

How much do I take in versus how much do I burn?
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What does it mean to be overweight or obese?
  • Terms are not synonyms
  • Overweight is body weight 10 or more than
    desirable weight, obesity is 20 or more.
  • Both put you at risk for many illnesss and
    disease

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Weight loss strategies often tried
  • Fad diets
  • Liquid diets
  • Prescription meds
  • Over the counter diet pills
  • Laxatives and diuretics
  • Balanced diet and exercise!!!

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Fad Diets
Approaches to weight control that are popular for
a short time, they come and go and rarely have a
lasting positive effect and sometimes have
lasting negative effects.
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Liquid diets
  • Beverages are substituted for some or all meals
  • Some used under medical supervision some are not
  • Some sold in supermarkets-provide few calories
    and can be very dangerous

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Prescription Meds
  • An ANORETIC drug decreases appetite.
  • Medical supervision required.
  • Person must have physical examination, blood
    tests and electrocardiogram
  • Some have been determined unsafe and individuals
    need to be very cautious.

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OTC diet pills
  • Are purchased in drug stores, etc.
  • Side effects include, anger, depression, rapid
    pulse rate, sleeplessness, heart palpitations and
    many more.
  • Can be dangerous, addictive, and ineffective

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Laxatives and diuretics
  • A laxative is a drug that helps a person have a
    bowel movement.
  • A diuretic increases amount of urine excreted
  • Can be VERY dangerous, and often just ridding
    extra fluids, calories are still stored as fat

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Losing weight starting a plan
  • 1- TARGET YOUR WEIGHT-based on your body frame,
    choose a healthy range.
  • 2-SET GOALS-losing .5-1LB a week is realistic.
  • 3-MAKE A PERSONAL PLAN- include both a nutritious
    eating plan and regular physical activity. Put in
    WRITING!!

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Some strategies.
Eat FEWER calories and burn more Calories through
exercise. Also eat nutrient dense foods and make
your portions smaller.
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Eating disorders
  • Mental disorder in which a person has a
    compelling need to starve, to binge, or to binge
    and purge.
  • BINGE-to eat large amounts of food over a short
    amount of time
  • PURGE- rid the body of food by vomiting or using
    laxatives

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Anorexia Nervosa
  • Eating disorder involving self starvation
  • Use of laxatives, diuretics, extreme exercise and
    vomiting are also common
  • OBSESSION with being thin and do not recognize it
    when they have become dangerously thin

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Health consequences
  • Dehydration,constipation,nausea
  • Hair loss
  • Hormonal changes
  • Damage to heart, kidneys, and other major organs
  • Impaired immune system
  • Absence of menstruation in females

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  • Without treatment, 10 percent of people with
    anorexia nervosa will die. Other people will have
    permanent damage to body organs.
  • People with anorexia may lack self respect,
    withdraw from others, be at risk for suicide,
    have bouts of depression.

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  • Treatment-
  • Involves a team of professionals- physicians,
    dieticians, and mental health professionals.
  • Hospital stays may be necessary to treat
    malnutrition and dehydration
  • A treatment plan is developed that deals with the
    individuals physical and emotional health problems

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Bulimia
  • Eating disorder in which a person binges and
    purges
  • Usually vomit or use laxatives or diuretics to
    purge. Bulimia is more common than anorexia
  • Binge-purge cycle dominates their lives
  • Unlike people with anorexia, many times people
    with bulimia know they have a problem

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Treatment for bulimia
  • Difficult to diagnose because many people who
    suffer from it are successful at hiding their
    behaviors.
  • Tests are done to assess body organ damage
  • Repair usually needs to be done to treat gums and
    repair teeth.
  • Serious treatment plans and hospitalization may
    be implemented.

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Other eating disorders.
  • Binge-eating disorder
  • A person can not control eating and eats
    excessive amounts
  • Cannot resist urge to eat when food is in sight
  • Turn to food as substitute for coping
  • Skeletal difficulties, increased blood pressure,
    and diabetes are just a few of the risks

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WHY?
  • Why some youth are at risk for eating disorders?
  • Body image- a persons perception of their body
    appearance
  • Body image distortion may be developed which is
    an inaccurate visual perception of ones body
  • May be caused by the portrayal of teens in tv
    shows and magazines

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  • Perfectionism-
  • Compelling need to do everything perfectly
  • Need for control
  • Inability to express emotions

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Some signs.
  • Constantly compare themselves with others
  • Being unhappy with physical appearance
  • Wearing baggy clothes
  • Never being satisfied with anything they do
  • Excessive exercising, starving themselves
  • Feeling secure only when in control.

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