Weight
Loss
For
protection against life-threatening diseases and conditions, people
who are obese should seriously consider methods of weight loss to
eliminate this condition.
Some
people have a high metabolism rate which keeps their weight down
despite eating too much. Other people can put on weight with merely a
slight increase in daily calories. Research indicates hereditary
factors influence about one third of weight, and this varies from
person to person. However, the principal factors in weight control
depend on exercise and daily calorie consumption.
A
number of different diets have been successful in causing weight
loss, but in many cases when a person abandons the diet, the lost
weight returns. Weight control has to be a lifestyle change. A change
to a healthy lifestyle of proper nutrition and a scheduled exercise
of thirty minutes a day, three to six times per week. Proper
nutrition means to eat no refined carbohydrates or refined glucose,
to eat fruits, vegetables, lean protein, cold water fish and fiber.
All soft drinks must be eliminated, as well as other sugar products.
A recent study of the diets of young children and young adults in the
United States indicated that up to 30 percent of calories a day per
person consisted of soft drinks. Once a person is on a healthy diet,
the reduction in weight will depend upon the amount of calorie
reduction per day from the maintenance level. The maintenance level
is the level of calories that a person has been eating each day to
maintain the same weight.
Liposuction
which is a cosmetic surgery procedure is one method of weight
reduction that has been successful with some people. This is cosmetic
surgery in which excess weight is removed in specific areas and
usually in areas where it is difficult to lose weight through diet or
exercise. People interested in this need to get a thorough education
from the doctor on how it is done, benefits and dangers, and all
other pertinent information before making a decision.
