|
|
|
|
To successfully lose weight, you must carry out a plan to balance your caloric intake with exercise. Ideally, dieting should be done by eating a nutritionally balanced, low-calorie diet and increasing physical activity. The terms overweight and obese describe excess body weight. Overweight typically refers to weight 10% above the expected body weight for height and build. Obese refers to being 20% over the target. The greater the excess, the more significant the health risk. Your health care provider has charts and tables used to determine what your target weight should be, which varies according to gender, height, age, and bone structure.A simpler and more useful piece of information is Body Mass Index (BMI). The BMI is calculated by dividing your weight (in kilograms) by the square of your height (in meters).To figure out your weight in kilograms, multiply your weight in pounds by 0.45. To obtain your height in meters, first multiply your height in inches by 2.5, then divide that number by 100. Don't forget to square that result (multiply it by itself) when you use it in the equation.To fall within the "healthy range" on the BMI, your result should be within 20 and 25. Results both lower and higher than these values are associated with significant health risks.Another important piece of information is your percentage of body fat. This can be determined by a registered dietitian or an exercise physiologist. Using an instrument called a caliper, the thickness of a fold of skin is measured (for example, on the back of the arm) to estimate your total body fat.
Although there are many programs advertised to help you lose weight, the only proven long-term and safe method is to burn more calories than you consume.This is achieved either by reducing the caloric intake (eat less food or healthier food) or by increasing the energy expenditure (exercise more). Often, behavior modification techniques like eating smaller portions are used to help control eating habits. Once the weight is lost, these habits can be modified slightly for weight maintenance.If you have unintentional weight loss, it can be a symptom of various medical or psychiatric disorders, or it can bedue to increasing your exercise or decreasing your food intake.
One pound of fat contains approximately 3,500 calories, so to lose one pound a week, a person should consume approximately 3,500 fewer calories per week. This can be done by reducing the daily intake by 500 calories per day (500 x 7 days will provide a deficit of 3,500 calories per week). To lose 2 pounds per week, a deficit of 1,000 calories per day is required.
Here are some steps for weight maintenance and weight loss:
Increase
your daily activity -- take the stairs rather than the elevator, or walk rather
than drive when possible.
Reduce your food intake gradually. This will help make these new eating habits
lifetime changes. Reduce fat intake on a daily basis, and reduce intake of other
high-calorie foods.
Change any habits that make you eat more, or eat poorly.
Learn about the calorie content of foods and the calorie expenditure of various
physical activities.
Unani
system of medicines has a long successful record of treating overweight and
obese people. The most advantageous factor of Unani system of medication
is its distinctive quality of co-ordinating with body organs in place to over-maneuovering
them as in case of Allopathy. Unani system does not have any side effect
on human body
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
