:: November 2009

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Trying To Eat Less Becomes More Important To Fend Off Middle-Age Weight Gain ““Because the body's energy requirements progressively decline with age, energy intake must mirror that decrease or weight gain occurs,” said Davidson, a research fellow at Columbia’s Obesity Research Center. “Dr. Tucker's observation that women who practice eating restraint avoid the significant weight gain commonly observed in middle age is an important health message.” Tucker says watching what you eat is not about physical appearance – it’s a direct investment in your health. “Weight gain and obesity bring a greater risk of diabetes and a number of other chronic diseases,” Tucker said. “Eating properly is a skill that needs to be practiced.”“

ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF OBESITY AND OVERWEIGHT IN ADULTS (Guidelines)

Guidelines Updated for Physical Activity Intervention for Weight Loss “Recommendations for PA are 150 to 250 minutes per week to prevent weight gain and more than 250 minutes per week for significant weight loss and weight maintenance after weight loss. There is inadequate evidence of recommended PA for prevention of weight regain after weight loss. • Resistance training is linked with reduced health risk, possible increased fat-free mass, and increased loss of fat mass, but not weight loss.”

NGC - Dietary guidelines for Americans, 2005. (2005)

NGC - Expert panel on weight loss surgery. (2004)

NGC - Guidelines for the clinical application of laparoscopic bariatric surgery. (2003)

NGC - Obesity (2004)

NGC - Obesity in women. A guide to assessment and management. (2003)

NGC - Pharmacologic and surgical management of obesity in primary care: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians. (2005)

NGC - Prevention and management of obesity (mature adolescents and adults). (2005)

NGC - Screening for obesity in adults: recommendations and rationale. (2003)

NGC - Treatment of obesity. (2004)

NIH - Practical Guide Obesity

Featured site

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Healthy diet

NCI - Energy Balance: Weight and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

NIH - Carbohydrates

NIH - Diabetic Diet

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Balanced Diet

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Losing weight

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Obesity

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Protein in diet

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Vegetarianism

NIH - NIDDK Weight Loss and Control

NIH - Obesity

NIH - Weight Loss and Dieting

NIH - WIN Obesity, Physical Activity, and Weight-control

The Partnership for Essential Nutrition

Fitness - Exercise

Fitness - Exercise

Effects of exercise and diet on chronic disease. (J Appl Physiol. 2005) "Overwhelming evidence from a variety of sources, including epidemiological, prospective cohort, and intervention studies, links most chronic diseases seen in the world today to physical inactivity and inappropriate diet consumption. The purpose of this review is to 1) discuss the effects of exercise and diet in the prevention of chronic disease, 2) highlight the effects of lifestyle modification for both mitigating disease progression and reversing existing disease, and 3) suggest potential mechanisms for beneficial effects."

Fitness - Exercise

Sedentary behaviour, physical activity and weight problems in adolescents in Wales. (Public Health. 2005) "CONCLUSIONS: Sedentary behaviour and physical activity in early adolescence both influenced body mass in late adolescence. Results indicated that promoting healthy diets and physical activities may have long-term health benefits for young people."