06
Feb
P.O. Pharm asked:

Obesity is an imbalance between fat intake and energy expenditure. Now day obesity is a problem of health and mind in many people. The stimulating factors of obesity is social environment, advertising of many food products induce the consumers want to eat more than the energy use. The rush hours working lifestyle make many people take junk food and fast food more than nutritionists. The important factor is Generic, it is found that one obese parent has a 40% chance of obesity and both obese parents have 80% chance of obesity.

There is no truly direct way to measure how fat you are or how much the body fat. Common way is calculate BMI (Body Mass Index).

BMI =Weight (kg) / Hight x Hight (m x m)

If the BMI > 27 means now you have severe problem of obesity and may increase risk for morbidity, developing a number of chronic disease and health.

The chronic diseases that are developed from obesity are diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, heart attack, cancer, gout and sleep apnea. So control the weight is the best way to void health problem.

There are many ways to control and reduce the weight. Exercise and should low calories foods are the best way. The other way is using weigh control products.

There are 2 kinds of weight control products.

1. Potential dangerous diet products, this group working as appetite suppression, interference food absorption and laxative. Taking this group you have to consult the pharmacist or doctor.

2. Questionable safety / efficacy products, this groups more safety than the first group. Normally, weigh control products are from natural such as Garcinia cambogia, Konjac, or Spirulina.

Garcinia cambogia: the active ingredient is Hydroxyciric acid (HCA). It works as inhibit fat and cholesterol accumulation by slowing down the enzyme. And may be suppression of appetite so can reduce food intake and promote weight loss. Dosage of Garcinia cmbogia, beginning from 750 mg to 1,500 mg, takes 2-3 times in individual dose before meals.

Chitosan: It is product from shells of shell fish. The mechanism of chitosan is binds to fatty acid and reduces cholesterols levels. Dosage of chitosan is 1 gram with each meal. However you should be careful lacking of vitamin A, D, E and K during taking chitosan.

Konjac: The active ingredient is Glucomanan (Polysaccharide) that is soluble fiber. It works by absorb water in the stomach, make bulk and you will feel fullness. So the customers do not want to eat much. This product is more safety than other. It does not interference the body mechanism. Recommend dose is 1 gram per a glass of water about 1 hour before meal.

Spirulina: It is unicellular blue-green algae. It contents essential amino acid and Gamma Linoleic Acid (GLA). GLA could promote loss of body fat but however there is no research to support the role of spirulina and weigh reduce.

Chromium: It works by maintain the blood sugar and cholesterol and control appetite. The recommended dose of chromium is 50-200 mcg a day.

Conclusion

Control the body weight helps you against the chronic diseases and make good looking. There are many ways to reduce and control the weight. Using weight control products is not the best way, especially use potential dangerous diet products without consult from the doctors or the pharmacists. Balance the energy expenditure and fat intake is an important point. If you eat more you have to exercise more. Other ways are break bad habits such as alcohol intake, watching T.V. during eating, or ignore vegetables. You have to realize how much the fat in each menu and should the low cholesterol with high nutrition.

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05
Feb
Joe Golson asked:

In the United States one fourth of the overall population of teenagers and children are found to be obese. Obesity, when not treated properly and as early as possible, can be carried on to teen years, and eventually, to adult years.If you are concerned for your children’s future, you know that obesity is a serious matter to be considered now. More than controlling what they eat or what they do, you need to consider a weight control program for children to treat the matter before it gets worse.

Obesity can lead to some chronic diseases, such as heart failure and diabetes. So, instead of giving in to your children’s craving of sugar-loaded and fattening foods or unhealthy habits of being inactive most of the day, start looking for a good weight control program for children. This is imperative if you don’t want to see your children suffering from chronic diseases and be plagued with expensive hospital treatments.

While trying to get your obese child to eat the right healthy foods, just think of it as a life and death matter, which is a definite possibility if not given the right treatment. There are many approaches available for you to successfully lure your children to get treated, to eat healthily, and live normally, just like other healthy children.

When choosing a diet or weight control program for children, you need to be very careful. If you are thinking you can apply an adult kind of diet, it isn’t going to treat the obesity problem of your child. This is because children basically need different kinds of nutrition as you do.

Weight control programs for adults are different from weight control programs for children.Weight control programs with which children are subjected to focuses on lowering weight gain while they are growing. It emphasizes the need of resorting to healthy eating habits as well as active lifestyle rather than just being in front of the television or computer sets all the time.

When it comes to encouraging your obese child into undergoing a specific weight control program, it is important that you show your support and love for them. Make sure you are clear about why you are very much concerned over their weight,health and future well-being.

Also, it is important that you guide them all throughout their childhood to teen years and even from teen to adult years. It is also a big plus that will go a long way in treating childhood obesity problems if you,the parent or guardian can be a good role model to them. From your eating habits to phycial activities and all around healthy living ways.

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05
Feb
Gareth Black asked:

Weight control means the same as weight management. Both refer to the ability of a person to be able to achieve a desired weight level by a combination of eating the right food and engaging in a program of physical exercise.

Weight control is much more than weight loss; control means finding a desired weight level and keeping to it - it means increasing weight as well as reducing it; weight loss means only reducing weight.

It’s estimated that in the western world over 50% of adults are overweight; in some countries, the figure is well above that. Most of these people would not know the difference between weight control and weight loss, a situation that’s compounded by the fact that both are achieved by the same method.

Lets take the case of say a young woman who weighs say 57kgs ( 125 lbs ) She is a  housewife, spends the afternoon working on a PC at home and takes no extra exercise whatsoever. She watches what she eats and keeps an eye on her weight which has remained steady since she got married.

For her birthday, her husband bought her a small dog, and dogs need a regular daily walk.

So early in the afternoon she takes her new friend for an hours walk - every day. This would cause the loss of 250 calories a day from her body and unless she replaces this 250 calories she will start to lose weight - about 1lb a week at this rate. She therefore has to increase her calorie intake to compensate for the loss occurred on her daily walk. This may be achieved by having a small glass of milk, a small biscuit or cookie, and a small tub of yoghurt after each walk. By doing this her weight will remain constant.

What she is doing is practicing calorie control - she’s controlling the number of calories consumed and expended each day.

What our lady is in effect doing is managing her weight. She’s decided on her optimum weight, the weight that makes her look her best, the weight she feels happiest to be. And she wants to stick to it.

If she finds that the milk, biscuit and yoghurt after each walk is causing her weight to increase, then she should do without the biscuit and/or the yoghurt until her normal weight returns. What she is doing now is fine-tuning her diet to control her weight.

A lady such as this will never experience being overweight, and as long as her general health is good she’ll feel that she has the perfect life-style from the point of view of food she eats and exercise she takes.

This lady knows and understands the basic concept of effective weight management. If physical activity increases, then the intake of calories - food - has to increase. Should the amount of exercises be reduced, then she’ll have to reduce the amount of food eaten.

Weight control or weight management is easy to understand and should be practiced by all who desire to have the ideal weight.

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30
Jan
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30
Jan
krislee08 asked:

I need to lose 50-60 lbs … I am tall which is good but I am tired of looking at myself and know I can look so much better … my friend said go on alli should I try this diet but of course exercise … burn more than you consume…
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