Weight Loss And Management

Obesity is a lifestyle disease that involves an excessive amount of body fat. It is a problem that increases the risk of other diseases and health problems such as diabetes, heart diseases, high blood pressure, arthritis, certain cancers, etc.  

A healthy weight is a weight where an individual feel better, live longer, and have reduced risk of lifestyle diseases. An individual can also measure body mass index and waist circumference to check whether he/she has a healthy weight. 

Healthy weight benefits the health and well-being of an individual in many ways. Being a healthy weight, an individual generally lives a healthy and longer life, good quality of life, makes more mobile and energetic, improves self esteem, and reduce the risk of various lifestyle diseases such as stress, depression, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart diseases, etc.  

Yes, it can be managed through doing lifestyle changes, modification in diet, doing regular exercise, abstinence from smoking, etc. 

Reducing the number of total calories is the most important factor in weight loss. The composition and quality of those calories are really important for fat loss.

Saturated fats should be cut back to lose weight. Less than 10% of calories should come from saturated fats which an individual eats to maintain a healthy weight.

Yes, it is recommended to plan every meal and snack to make sure that they fit into a well-balanced diet plan. Without a well-balanced meal plan, an individual is at high risk to be overweight. 

An individual can eat a variety of healthy foods and drinks such as vegetables and legumes, fruit, high fibre cereal foods, lean meat, fish, eggs, milk, yoghurt, cheese to maintain a healthy weight. One can also drink plenty of water to maintain a healthy weight. 

No, there is no quick way to lose weight. To lose weight, one should need to change his lifestyle, unhealthy food habits, being physically active, and establishing healthy habits that one can stick to. 

Regular physical activity can help to maintain a healthy weight.  The amount of physical activity an individual should try to burn the calories as much as he/she eats in general.