World Health Organization estimated in 2016 that approximately 52% of the world’s adult population was overweight or obese. Obesity is a huge health concern because it increases the risk of many diseases, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and certain cancers.
Weight management is known to be challenging, with limited effective nutritional solutions. Once an individual has become obese, most interventional programs focus on caloric restriction for weight loss. Caloric restriction for a quick weight loss is likely to be an ineffective way of dealing with overweight since people enjoy eating and severe caloric restriction is non-sustainable. In addition, severe caloric restriction is likely to lead to a reduction in muscle mass, instead of fat mass. Without careful management of diet composition, food restriction can lead to nutritional deficiencies and a decline in the body's function.
Prevention of weight gain should be emphasized as a strategy for long-term weight management success. The concept of eating healthy foods for healthy body weight needs to be installed at a very young age. Animal studies had shown that early overnutrition not only resulted in increased numbers of fat cells but also increased total body fat throughout adult life. Fewer fat cells and less fat gain in early developmental age can lead to a better chance of maintaining healthy body weight and body composition later in life.
Some healthy lifestyle type strategies, such as eating 70% full, are both useful for keeping a healthy body weight and increasing a person's lifespan. In essence, healthy body weight is a reflection of how a person is doing per healthy living and healthy aging. The nutrition strategies that benefit one health area would be likely to be beneficial for the other health areas as well.
See on this page the list of blogs related to weight management, such as weight management basic concepts, healthy eating habits, and healthy foods that may help you to prevent fat gain or to lose weight, and reduce blood glucose, lipids, blood pressure, which are some obesity-related adverse health conditions. The goal is to eat more healthy foods that would promote muscle building as opposed to storing the food energy as fatty tissue.
Feel free to explore the list of blogs related to healthy living and healthy aging to get a broader view of the nutrition and health strategies that may be useful. You may find that some superfoods have multiple health benefits, from helping with body weight to lowering lipids and improving cognitive functions.
The goal of Cal Nutrition Group is to help people to live healthier lives via sharing knowledge about nutrition and health and teaching healthy food choices. Contact us if you may have any questions, want to subscribe to the monthly newsletter with links to new blogs, or would like to join monthly group discussions via Zoom (fill out the contact form to receive the link) with Wendy on various nutrition and health topics, or private lessons.
Weight Management
Weight Management Basic Concepts
Weight Management Tip - Time and Size of the Dinner
Evenly Distributed Protein Intake over 3 Meals May Help with Muscle Maintenance
A Good Night's Sleep Can Help with Fat Loss
Weight Loss and Immune Function
Dairy for Metabolic Syndrome Management
Eat Blood Orange to Boost Fat Loss
Phytoestrogen and Weight Loss – Resveratrol
Phytoestrogen and Weight Loss – Soy
Phytoestrogen and Weight Loss – Lignans
Eat Plant Foods for Healthy Body Weight
The Benefits of Honey for Weight Loss
Lipid Lowering
One Avocado a Day May Lower Cholesterol
Two Apples a Day May Lower Cholesterol
Glucose Lowering
The Benefit of Purple Foods on Glucose Control
Pomegranates and Blood Glucose Control
Dragon Fruit and Blood Glucose
Ginger’s Benefit of Lowering Glucose
Drinking Milk with Breakfast is a Good Strategy for Glucose Management
Vitamin K for Diabetes Prevention
Blood Pressure Lowering
