Stress & Wellness Consulting • Occupational & Clinical Psychology
Weight management is a long-term approach to a healthy lifestyle. It
includes a balance of healthy eating and physical exercise to equate
energy expenditure and energy intake. Developing healthy eating habits
while using tips that will keep us fuller longer can be useful tools in
weight management. Knowing what your body needs is important to weight
management and can control overconsumption and underconsumption of food.
Weight management does not include fad diets that promote quick,
temporary weight loss. It focuses on the long-term results that are
achieved through slow weight loss, followed by retention of an ideal
body weight for age, sex and height.
Rising obesity rates are a major concern in North America. About 60% of
Canadians are overweight or obese. Obesity is a risk factor for many
chronic diseases such as Type 2 diabetes, hypertension and
cardiovascular disease. Managing one’s weight is one factor in
preventing such chronic diseases.