SC115 Principles of Nutrition Unit 9: Achieving & Maintaining a Healthy Body Weight

Orville E. Bigelow, M.S., R.D.

Adjunct Faculty, Department of ScienceSchool of General EducationKaplan University

Today’s topic~

• Achieving & Maintaining a Healthy Body Weight

- Why have the rates of obesity and its associated chronic diseases skyrocketed in the past 10 years and what can be done to promote weight management across the life span?

- Be prepared to discuss methods to manage weight and reduce the risk of chronic diseases through management of diet and lifestyle in childhood, adolescence, and in the later years.

What do we mean when we say “obesity”

How bad is it?

• Let’s take a field trip and see how the rates of obesity have increased in this country over the years…

• http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/trends.html#State • (watch the changing map!)

What do we mean when we say “chronic disease”?

What are some contributing factors?

Eating out…

• Did you ever stop to think about just what you are eating? Let’s take a look:

• http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/slideshow-worst-restaurant-meals

• When looking at this slideshow keep in mind that the average amount of calories most adults need is about 2000; the recommended amount of total fat for the whole day based on that amount is about 65 grams; and the recommended amount of sodium (salt) is 2.4 grams (or 2400 mg).

High salt intake

• Lets take a look at the sodium content in some foods:• http://www.webmd.com/diet/slideshow-salt-shockers?ec

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Improve your heart…lower your cholesterol!

• Lets take a look at these heart healthy ways to lower your cholesterol:

• http://www.webmd.com/cholesterol-management/slideshow-lowering-cholesterol?ecd=wnl_dia_102010

More foods to help your heart…

• Lets take a closer look at some foods that can help your heart!

• http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/slideshow-foods-to-save-your-heart

Misleading foods

• One thing that can wreck a healthy diet is the misinformation that we are bombarded with! Here are some ‘food frauds’. Foods that claim to be healthy but in fact can sabotage your efforts!

• http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/slideshow-foods-that-can-wreck-your-diet?ecd=wnl_day_111310

Other pitfalls to avoid…

• People love to ‘diet’ but these tactics can backfire. Here are some pitfalls to avoid:

• http://www.webmd.com/diet/slideshow-diet-mistakes?ecd=wnl_hyp_102110

So what can we do?

• Here are some ‘healthy’ suggestions to maintain a healthy bodyweight without “dieting”:

• http://www.webmd.com/diet/slideshow-no-diet-weight-loss

Questions??