‘obesity’

Improve and Maintain Nutritional Status

Friday, November 19th, 2010
A chocolate-flavored multi-protein nutritional...

a decision support system that is expected to be used for determining the arrangement of food and diet for football athletes achieve optimal nutrition, the intake of nutrients that can improve and maintain nutritional status in order to avoid malnutrition or over nutrition (obesity) as one factor supporting achievement of performance athletes.

Setup is done through the calculation of calories needed each athlete by taking into account body mass index (BMI), Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR), the Specific Dynamic Action (SDA), physical activity and growth factors. While the nutritional adequacy is determined from the Energy, Carbohydrate, Protein and Fat as a source of calories needed to athletes.

Linear Programming with minimization problem was solved by the Simplex Method M (M Technique), is expected to provide solutions for the determination of the calculation of nutritional needs of athletes.

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Fat Removal Methods

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

According to the World Health Organization, obesity has reached epidemic proportions globally. More than one billion adults are considered overweight, and at least 300 million of them are clinically obese. Obesity, an excess accumulation of body fat, can cause serious problems such as heart disease, diabetes and hypertension.

Fat Removal Methods

Many people do not have the ability to lose weight by making lifestyle changes through diet and exercise, and opt for a quicker way to reduce fat.

Mesotherapy
Mesotherapy is a cellulite reduction therapy that involves injecting pharmaceutical agents under your skin. A formula containing vitamins, amino acids, minerals and other drugs is administered directly to affected areas, for fast absorption into your skin.

The treatment is said to melt away trapped fat deposits under your skin. Mesotherapy is a popular treatment to remove cellulite and localized fat deposits and is also considered to have some anti-aging effects.

Surgical Procedures
Several surgical procedures have been developed to achieve weight loss.

“Restrictive” procedures involve making the stomach smaller to create a feeling of fullness and restrict food consumption. Lap band surgery is one such procedure, in which an adjustable device is fitted around the stomach to control calorie intake.

The gastric bypass is a treatment that reroutes your digestive tract, bypassing the stomach and sending food directly to the small intestine, which limits calorie absorption.

Gastroplasty is a surgical procedure in which your stomach is sutured or stapled to restrict intake of large amounts of food.

Consult with a bariatric surgeon before opting for any of these surgical procedures. (more…)

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Ways to measure body fat

Monday, July 12th, 2010

Ways to measure body fat

The vast majority of the methods we use to measure ourselves when we feel that our weight has gone up or when we start doing a diet to lose those extra kilos, not the most appropriate and did not really do a good job of telling us when if we are in shape or out of it.

Some other measurements to find out how we are and their pros and cons are:

* The waist circumference: The good news is that simple. This measure, indicating abdominal obesity, which is very important for predicting the risk of developing obesity, and can do at home with a tape measure measuring the abdomen just above the hip bone at the same level of the umbilicus .

In fact, this measure is far more important than BMI. All because there is a greater risk of developing conditions such as type two diabetes and heart disease if a person has excess fat in the abdomen.

The trouble is that unless you are in the world of modeling, they may not have the habit of measuring your waist. And like it or not is a bit annoying this may give more indication of the progress of weight loss. (more…)

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How to Lose Weight at the Gym

Monday, July 5th, 2010

Obesity is on the rise. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 33.3 percent of men, 35.3 percent of women, and 16.3 percent of children are obese.

How to Lose Weight at the Gym

This means that weight-related diseases such as diabetes also are on the rise. One way to combat obesity is to get active. Join a gym to lose weight and reduce your chances of serious health conditions.

Go regularly. The No. 1 way to ensure weight loss when going to the gym is to form a regular routine. Weight loss requires steady, consistent commitment to an exercise routine.

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, children should do one hour or more of physical activity each week, and adults age 18-64 should do two and a half hours of moderate-intensity activity and one hour and 15 minutes of vigorous activity a week.

Older adults should follow the adult guidelines if possible. If not physically able to do that much, they should do what they can, but always remain active. (more…)

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What Is Obesity

Sunday, March 21st, 2010


It is the excessive accumulation of body fat, especially adipose tissue, and that can be perceived by the body weight gain when it reaches 20% over ideal weight for age, height, and sex of the person concerned . To calculate the ideal weight of a child between 2 and 5 years of age, albeit only approximate, multiply the age in years two and eight. Example: to find out how much you weigh, on average, a child of five years, multiply the age (5) by 2 and add 8. Is, 5×2 +8 = 18kg. I insist that this method is not accurate. This is just an illustration. The truth is to consult and consider what they tell the child’s pediatrician.

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Healthy Weight Loss Tips

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Weight Loss

Scientists from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, have created a weight loss program based on clinical research and experience that they say will help people lose kilos and stay permanently.

Dr. Donald Hensrud, an expert in clinical diets and coauthor of “The Mayo Clinic Diet” commented to Reuters about why the program is so effective, in which study is based and what makes it different from other diet books.

Q: Why did the Mayo Clinic published a book on dieting?

A: For several reasons. The first and most obvious is that during the last decades the weight and obesity have become more of a problem in this country and around the world. Therefore there is a necessity. (more…)

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Drink and Be Merry Leads to Loss Weight Naturally

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Loss Weight That did not last for long with most people, whether delivered or not get to stay to enjoy life. Then came water diets where the feeling of fullness, but in fact receives no calories. This did not last long either. The all-you-can-meat fest type of diets can look good, but on the basis of the long-term, people who tried not to lose this much weight compared to those not of protein-enriched diets.

When things are not quick fixes have cropped out of nowhere with products ranging from herbs to synthetically made products. Pills and tonics. The surgery and liposuction. Ever heard of having just one I.V. for your nutritional needs? It can get quite expensive, but if people want to lose weight fast, to try anything.

The thing is, losing weight is a pretty complicated procedure especially for those in need to lose weight for the sake of your health. Flab is ugly, but what happens beneath the skin is even scarier. Try picturing fat called plaque sticking to the arterial wall and clogging them up one day … that will give us a traumatic event. Age and sex, together with the kind of life a person carries the potential for contributing to obesity. (more…)

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Lose Weight Without Surgery (II)

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

foodsThe success of weight loss surgery patients will tell you these are the four rules for living that gastric bypass is only a tool to facilitate mindful behavior for better health. It will confirm that weight control, even with surgery, has a lifetime of diligent attention to their bodies and behavior. They assure you that it is not easy, but the results are worth the effort.

Rule 3: No Snacking

Gastric bypass patients are instructed to avoid snacking. No exceptions.

Snacking is the worst possible thing WLS patient can do. If patients snack they cease to lose weight and may regain weight. Besides gastric bypass snackers risk severe swings in sugar levels and blood glucose overdose, not to advance to healthy living that makes surgery possible. They feel like failures when the WLS does not result in weight loss.

The nature of gastric bypass surgery gives patients an advantage over the beating snacking habit. When a patient eats three protein-rich meals a day in which the body’s fuel requirements are met and satiation results. Hunger does not occur if water is sipped throughout the day. If a patient is taking vitamins will not be nutritionally wanting. Given that, patients are able to do so snack out of habit that contributed to obesity. (more…)

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Slimming Children

Monday, January 18th, 2010

obese child

An obese child has a lot more likely to have health problems related to obesity when he is older than non-obese children. After the excesses of Christmas, this month is an excellent time to address weight problems in children. We offer some basic advice for those who want to help your child lose weight without losing your mind.

It is easier for your child lose weight if you’re motivated to do so. But even without motivation you can help your child lose weight by choosing good healthy food that gives your child at home, encouraging him to do some kind of exercise. Also regularly can help a lot if you see the whole family is involved in make some kind of sport regularly.

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