diet & activity for healthy body - deborah ferrari

Presentation by Deborah Ferrari

Diet and Activity for Healthy Body

Fatness

Various management strategies for eating and performing physical activity are useful in achieving and maintaining optimal body composition.

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Factors Influencing Weight & Fat Control

Heredity / GeneticsLifestyles

Consumption of excess calories Lack of regular physical activity

EnvironmentEasy access to high calorie food makes it harder to eat properlyModern “conveniences” make activity less likely

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Cycle of Dieting

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START DIET

INITIAL MOTIVATION

POSITIVE RESULTS

TROUBLE WITH COMPLIANCE

FAIL W / DIET BLAME SELF

REGAIN INSPIRATION

Guidelines for Losing Body Fat

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Need to create a caloric deficit (2 ways to do it!)

Eat less!

Exercise more!

Lifestyle Approach!

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Healthy eating patternsRegular activity patterns

A simple AND effective method for long-term

weight control.

Benefits of Low Fat Diets for Long Term Weight Control

Dietary fat is stored more efficiently - 3% of ingested energy (Tucker, 1991).

Energy intake is lower when consuming low fat foods (Lissner, 1987; Kendall, 1991).

Body can increase metabolism of carbohydrates but will store excess fat (Thomas, 1992).

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