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How to reach & maintain a healthy weight! Dr Tracy Jackson Dr Gail Bohin - Clinical Psychologist Zara Catlow - Dietician Patient Participation Group

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How to reach & maintain a healthy weight!

Dr Tracy Jackson

Dr Gail Bohin - Clinical Psychologist

Zara Catlow - Dietician

Patient Participation Group

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What is a healthy weight?

• BMI

• Weight (kg) / Height (m squared)

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What is a healthy weight?

• BMI• Weight (Kg) / Height (m x m)• Underweight<20• Ideal 20-25• Overweight 25-30• Obese 30-35• Obese II 35-40 • Obese III 40-45

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How many of us are ‘ideal’?

• <50%!

• Overweight / Obese >50%

• Obese = 25%

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Waist circumference

• Target: Men <102cm (40”)Women <88cm (35”)

• Men >30% have waists that are too big 45% of women

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What wrong with carrying too much weight?

• Reduced life expectancy. If obese at 40, life expectancy reduces by 5.8 yrs for men and 7.1 yrs for women

• Increases risk of death from heart disease (IHD, diabetes, hypertension and cholesterol)

• Also increases the risk of cancer (oesophageal, uterine, kidney, prostate, breast, leukaemia, liver, bowel)

• Increased risk of other health problems (gallstones, breathing problems)

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What’s wrong with carrying too much weight?

• You don’t feel good about yourself

• Have less energy, lower self esteem, less positive

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“To say that obesity is caused by merely consuming too many calories is like saying that the only cause of the American Revolution was the Boston

Tea Party.”