WEIGHT MANAGEMENT for FITNESS PROFESSIOALS

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WEIGHT MANAGEMENTforFITNESS PROFESSIOALS

• FON 105
• Joann Pell, M.S., R.D.

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Obesity

• Define
• 1. Chronic disease characterized by excessive
  body fat in relation to LBM
• 2. Usually reported as BMI not actual BF
• Measurement
• 1. BMI greater than 30
• 2.Body fat (BF) greater than 30 for
• women and 20 for men
• 3. Waist to hip ratio gt.85 women gt1.0
• men

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• Overweight vs. Obesity
• 1. Overweight- BMI greater than 25
• 2. Obesity- BMI greater than 30
• Overweight is defined as excessive weight
  according to a given standard.
• A client can be overweight but not obese. Why?

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BMI CHART
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• Stats
• 1999, 63 of men 55 women are overweight
• 21 men 27 of women are obese
• Last decade alone, the average adult weighs 15lbs
  more
• Any given moment, 44 of women 29 of men are
  on diets.
• 40 billion spent on weight loss, most going to
  weight loss products and plans

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• Starting at age 25, the US adult gains 1.5 pounds
  of body fat per year
• National Health Institutes of Health attribute
  medical costs of over 100 billion to obesity
  related diseases

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The Bad News.

• Obesity kills an estimated 300,000 Americans
  every year-just behind the 430,000 person toll of
  smoking
• McDonalds spends 1000 times as much a\on
  advertising as the federal government does on
  promoting good nutrition

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The Good News

• When St. Lewis built a network of walking trails,
  42 of residents used them 60 reported an
  increase in physical activity
• One eight week in school education program in
  California increased fruit vegetable intake by
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Myths Associated with Weight Management

• A. Can you lose 10 lbs. in a week?
• B. Realistic changes in body composition
• 1.1-2 lbs./wk
• 2.1-2 body fat/month
• 3.gain 1 lb. LBM in 2-3 weeks

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MYTHS.

• -swings in fluids 1st 2 months
• -exercise may influence scale

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• C. Establishing a healthy weight for client
• 1. calculate IBW based on BF
• 2. take circumferences
• 3. evaluate past
  weight history

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• 4.evaluate energy level and sickness incidences
• 5. evaluate body type
• 6. consider culture norms