Weight

Obesity is a problem in this country. Extra weight leads to a number of health related concerns. Perhaps, you are thinking about taking off a few pounds. The key to keeping the weight off is finding a program that promotes healthy eating. In this article, we take a look at a few of the top diet plans that promote a healthy eating lifestyle. Jenny Craig No need to stress over counting calories. Jenny Craig makes it easy by prepackaging all the healthy meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Diet…

Abstract Anorexia nervosa (AN) is an eating disorder where a person is overly occupied with their weight and body shape, so much so one has a fear of gaining weight. This article displays a case study of a patient with anorexia nervosa (Jacobi, Hayward, de Zwaan, Kraemer, Agras, 2008). In this case an adolescent female of 16 is presented with anorexia nervosa and mild depression. The patient met the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa and is undergoing the various patterns to display…

despair, check out if you are guilty of some of these faux pas. We’ve even added tips to help you get back on track and correct the bad behaviours. Food Related Dieting Mistakes There’s no denying it: Eating less calories than you consume leads to weight loss. Of course, the simplicity of the statement doesn’t mean it’s easy to apply in real life. When it comes to food, the following mistakes…

When I was younger I loved eating what I wanted. There were no limits. The worst that would happen would an upset stomach. I was young with a high metabolism, and weight gain never seemed to find me. But as you get older, eating habits must change. I learned that I can no longer eat how I use to when I was younger, and adjustments must be made. I can remember as a child, my grandmother taking me on our secret lunches to McDonalds. I would always order a Big Mac meal. That consisted of a Big Mac,…

The reason behind this is to be reach that goal to be thin at any cost. An eating disorder is a psychological disorder that causes you to eat abnormally. Women have taken drastic measures to try and lose weight by making themselves purge every time they eat, by refusing to eat at all, eating one meal a day or just drinking liquids. All these examples are very unhealthy and very unsafe. “One eating disorder commonly known is called anorexia nervosa, the most…

Negative Effects of Diets “Just like keeping a healthy diet is important to maintaining a healthy lifestyle, eating the right foods is just as important for getting the most out of your workout”. While dieting there are many risk factors that people are not aware of. Dieting can cause serious health issues, in addition to a change of personality and character.Although dieting can be helpful, it is harmful in many cases, because it contributes to health complications, loss of energy, and a change…

fat-loss, nine of them would probably reply "aerobics, of course". If the last remaining one said strength training they would be right. If you are a person that has been misguided into believing that spending hours on a treadmill in the hope of losing weight and that you will achieve a lean healthy body then what follows may get you thinking. More is definitely not better and if you spend hours per week exercising in this manner and are not getting the results you think you should for the time…

you can be comfortable. When the seat is too low, it adds strain to your knees and spine. When too high, your will butt will rock from side to side. So besides not getting the best from your cardio workout on the stationery bike because your body weight will be involved when you peddle, you will also look weird. It is such a silly workout mistake right? Another common mistake is that I often see stationery bikers reading a book when exercising. That means that they exercise at a very low…

The Healthy People 2020 collects data about an individual family, social, economic and physical environment in regards to how it affects public health. It breaks it down to the individual level and population level for risk factors and disease-specific information and the different prevention methods. There are social determinates of health such as location and socioeconomic environment. This can be impacted by policies, programs, and institutions by the government and private sector. The…

There is conflicting evidence regarding the risk factors for weight change after TKA or its influence on outcomes. Objectives: The paucity of literature on change in BMI in patients after simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty (SB-TKA) prompted this study to evaluate: 1) the prevalence of patients who lost or gained weight; 2) if postoperative change in BMI influences functional outcome; 3) the predictive factors associated with weight change after surgery. Study Design & Methods: We…