Diet & Activity For Healthy Body - Deborah Ferrari

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Presentation by Deborah Ferrari
Diet and Activity for Healthy Body Fatness
Various management strategies for eating and
performing physical activity are useful in
achieving and maintaining optimal body
composition.
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Factors Influencing Weight Fat Control

• Heredity / Genetics
• Lifestyles
• Consumption of excess calories
• Lack of regular physical activity
• Environment
• Easy access to high calorie food makes it harder
  to eat properly
• Modern conveniences make activity less likely

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Cycle of Dieting
START DIET
INITIAL

MOTIVATION

REGAIN

INSPIRATION
FAIL W / DIET

POSITIVE RESULTS
BLAME SELF
TROUBLE WITH COMPLIANCE
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Guidelines for Losing Body Fat

• Need to create a caloric deficit
  (2 ways to do it!)
  
• Eat less!
• Exercise more!

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Lifestyle Approach!
Healthy eating patterns Regular activity patterns
A simple AND effective method for long-term weig
ht control.
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Benefits of Low Fat Diets for Long Term Weight
Control

• Dietary fat is stored more efficiently - 3 of
  ingested energy (Tucker, 1991).
  
• Energy intake is lower when consuming low fat
  foods (Lissner, 1987 Kendall, 1991).
  
• Body can increase metabolism of carbohydrates but
  will store excess fat (Thomas, 1992).
  

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