5:2 Diet Analysis
Dietary aspects of obesity – 5:2 Diet
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As a therapist it is important to have an understanding of the role diet and what lifestyle factors play in the maintenance of health so that you can advise clients accordingly. Recommending client’s have a balanced healthy diet is the preferred way to keep the body healthy, however for some people, diet’s are an easier way to loose weight.
According to the National Statistics (2013), the portion of adults that are overweight including obese ‘increased from 58% to 65% in men and from 49% to 58% in women’ from 1993 to 2011 (p.6). Obesity is rising in the UK with the number of children considered obese increasing. In 2011, ‘around 3 in 10 boys and girls’ ages 2 to 15 were classified as overweight or obese National Statistics (2013, p.6). Obesity is someone who is overweight with a high portion of ‘excesses body fat’ Satter & Lean (2009, p.1). A BMI between 30 and 40 would be considered obese and over 40 would be morbidly obese. Obesity increases individual’s risks to health conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Diets can be conducted in order for obese people to loose weight. Different diet plans and organisation encourage weight lost through calorie control, calorie restriction or a specific dietary intake, provide support and increase regular exercise. A Balanced and healthy diet according to the NHS Choices (2013), Truswell (1999) and Sattar & Lean (2009) should consist of a variety of macronutrients and micronutrient. Macronutrients are carbohydrates, protein, amino acids, fat, cholesterols, fibre and water. The eatwell plate (Figure1) shows the quantity of each macronutrient is required. It is necessary to have these nutrients in our diet as they are ‘used to build and repair body cell, create hormones, neurotransmitters’ and further functions Cooper (1999, p.70). Needed for…….
‘Overweight people tend to have raised plasma total and LDL-cholesterol, and
1500 words
As a therapist it is important to have an understanding of the role diet and what lifestyle factors play in the maintenance of health so that you can advise clients accordingly. Recommending client’s have a balanced healthy diet is the preferred way to keep the body healthy, however for some people, diet’s are an easier way to loose weight.
According to the National Statistics (2013), the portion of adults that are overweight including obese ‘increased from 58% to 65% in men and from 49% to 58% in women’ from 1993 to 2011 (p.6). Obesity is rising in the UK with the number of children considered obese increasing. In 2011, ‘around 3 in 10 boys and girls’ ages 2 to 15 were classified as overweight or obese National Statistics (2013, p.6). Obesity is someone who is overweight with a high portion of ‘excesses body fat’ Satter & Lean (2009, p.1). A BMI between 30 and 40 would be considered obese and over 40 would be morbidly obese. Obesity increases individual’s risks to health conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Diets can be conducted in order for obese people to loose weight. Different diet plans and organisation encourage weight lost through calorie control, calorie restriction or a specific dietary intake, provide support and increase regular exercise. A Balanced and healthy diet according to the NHS Choices (2013), Truswell (1999) and Sattar & Lean (2009) should consist of a variety of macronutrients and micronutrient. Macronutrients are carbohydrates, protein, amino acids, fat, cholesterols, fibre and water. The eatwell plate (Figure1) shows the quantity of each macronutrient is required. It is necessary to have these nutrients in our diet as they are ‘used to build and repair body cell, create hormones, neurotransmitters’ and further functions Cooper (1999, p.70). Needed for…….
‘Overweight people tend to have raised plasma total and LDL-cholesterol, and