500-1000 kcal/day deficit support an initial weight loss goal of 5-10% of the original weight and recommend a rate of loss of no more than 0.4-1 kg (1-2 lb) per week. By my reckoning, My Fitness Pal meets BC Guidelines criteria that weight loss programs should encourage regular physical activity be based on a balanced diet of e.g. Based on the principle that keeping track of what we do helps modify or affirm our behaviours, My Fitness Pal offers a relatively easy method of maintaining a balance sheet on that simple but elusive equation: what goes in, must come out (in a metabolic sense that is). Learning how to do that is HARD – but it’s a lot easier with some handy computing power. If we want to lose weight we need to consume fewer calories than we burn. Just in time for New Year’s resolutions, here’s an app to recommend to your patients and, perhaps, to make use of yourself. Regardless, group programs and nutritionists are not available in all communities, and most people can’t afford a personal fitness and diet coach. Years ago, I found Weightwatchers groups to be a great patient resource – before they started flogging ‘product’. Physicians of normal weight may be more likely to provide recommended obesity care to their patients and to feel confident in doing so 3 and patients may be more likely to take their advice. Achieving and maintaining a healthy body weight is an important objective for patients and physicians alike. Among the risks associated with excess weight are important chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, osteoarthritis and some cancers.īC Guidelines 2 recommend lifestyle management as first line intervention. When those classified as merely overweight are included, 44.2% of women (5.6 million) and 60.1% of men (7.6 million) are deemed to be at risk for health consequences. Statistics Canada 1 reports that more than ¼ of Canadians are obese. Marisa Collins ( biography and disclosures)
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