FAQ - What is weight management?

Weight Management

Weight Management focuses on maintaining a healthy body weight. This means that it is vital to eat healthy, exercise on a regular basis (3 times a week) and live a healthy lifestyle with hardly any stress.

The body mass index (BMI), one can determine whether there is over-or underweight. It is an indirect measurement of the body composition by calculating the height and weight. Using the BMI can be determined whether there is an increased risk of getting certain diseases, including diabetes and hypertension. Apart from using the BMI index, I use in my clinic a professional weighing scale which measures also, bone density, water balance, metabolic age, fat around the organs and overall fat in the body.

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Weight Management is ideal for people who are overweight or suffer from underweight or need to maintain on their desired weight after losing so much weight, as that is the hardest part. People who lost a lot of weight often regain their weight plus more kilo’s, as often the eating habit comes back, or when they are stressed, depressed or just not feeling comfortable within them self, they start to eat again, and the weight comes on very fast. That is why I design a personal weight loss program depending on the person’s lifestyle, character and emotional status.

Some tips for a good weight management:

1. Eat organic healthy food
2. Sports (biking, hiking, sports, take the stairs instead of the elevator)
3. Start with gradual changes in your eating habits (eg, no sugar and less salt, low fat butter (halvarine) instead of margarine/butter)
4. Avoid alcohol

Overweight (obesity)

One has got overweight (obesity) when there is more body fat than muscle. Nowadays we are living in a world where obesity is increasing rapidly especially in younger people and even in toddlers we start to see it more often. When one eats more calories than they can burn, you start to store fat in your cells, which also can lead to many diseases.

Obesity can be caused by:

1. eating too much food constantly
2. binge eating, when one feels depressed, sad or stressed
3. eating too fat / too high calorie -dense foods
4. poor diet, no regular meals three times a day
5. consume too much alcohol
6. lack of exercise
7. medication

Thyroid problems can also lead to weight gain as well as genetic factors. It is proven that children of obese parents are 10 times more likely to be overweight than children from parents with a normal weight. Obesity is a serious threat to the health. The extra weight puts unusual amounts of stress on all body parts. It increases the risk of getting diabetes, stroke, heart disease, kidney disease and liver and gallbladder problems and cancer. Unfortunately, high blood pressure and high cholesterol are increasing in children who are suffering from obesity.

Underweight (anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa)

Eating disorders anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa occur in people with a negative body image. People with anorexia nervosa restrict their food intake in an extreme way (starvation) resulting in rapid and therefore dangerous weight loss. Anorexia is most common in young adult women but unfortunately it is also on the raise in young children and men.

Bulimia is when one binge eat and then force themselves by either vomiting or laxatives to get rid of the food they just ate. It is often associated with anorexia nervosa. People with bulimia often don’t lose much weight, that is why one can hide this disorder so well, and because of that medical help is delayed.

With both disorders the body does not get enough nutrients, due to a lack of nutrients all sorts of complaints can arise (hair loss, absence of menstruation, loose teeth, lethargic and fatigue).

It is important for them to learn about the enjoyment of foods and to maintain a healthy nutritional diet, that makes them understand how important food is for having a healthy body and mind.

Note:
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