Fitness And Weight Management
Fitness And Weight Management
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Addressing our community issues related to population health and proper nutrition is a main priority for many agencies and groups. Weight management is a challenging task for many reasons.
INITIAL POST: After reading the assigned materials,Chapters 10 & 11 , Course Content in Unit 9 and Fitness Power Point , choose one topic from the unit that you are passionate about. Create one original discussion post summarizing your thoughts and ideas on the topic. Include a brief overview (summary) of the problem, why you think it is relevant, and what personal experience you have to relate to it. Support your post with any suggestions or ideas that you think may lead to a better way to address the issue.
Lecture Outline
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What Is a Healthy Weight and Why Is Maintaining It Important?
Healthy weight: body weight relative to height that doesn’t increase the risk of developing weight-related health problems or diseases
Weight management: maintaining weight within a healthy range
Overweight: 10 to 15 pounds more than healthy weight
69 percent of Americans are overweight
Obesity: 25 to 40 pounds more than healthy weight
36 percent of Americans are obese
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What Is a Healthy Weight and Why Is Maintaining It Important?
Being overweight increases risk of:
Hypertension and stroke
Heart disease
Gallbladder disease
Type 2 diabetes
Osteoarthritis
Some cancers
Sleep apnea
Losing 5 to 10 percent of body weight can produce health benefits
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Underweight: weighing too little for your height
May be caused by excessive calorie restriction and/or physical activity, underlying medical condition, emotional stress
Risks for:
Young adults: nutrient deficiencies, electrolyte imbalance, low energy levels, decreased concentration
Older adults: low body protein and fat stores, depressed immune system, medical complications
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What’s Your BMI?
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How Do You Know if You’re at a Healthy Weight?
Measure your body fat and its location
Average healthy adult male between 20 and 49 years of age: 16 to 21 percent of weight is body fat
Average healthy female: 22 to 26 percent body fat
Techniques to measure body fat include skinfold thickness measurements and bioelectrical impedance
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