Weight Loss Goals
Weight Loss & Health
Health can be improved with relatively minor weight loss. A weight loss
of 10 percent may reduce health risks associated with excessive body weight.
A challenge to health care providers is helping patients to accept a 10
percent weight loss.
Weight Goals - Be Realistic
Some patients, encouraged by a "thin obsessed" society, want
to set unrealistically low weight goals. Body size acceptance, which emphasizes
the positive aspects of one's body and its appearance, while realistically
appraising and accepting the more negative aspects, may need to be addressed.
This requires challenging value systems that make appearance one of the
most important aspects of life. Appearance, in many patients, will be
an important motivator for weight loss; however, it is critical that the
dietitian and other health care providers emphasize the goal of achieving
a healthier weight and lifestyle, while de- emphasizing cosmetic or body
image goals.
Source: American Dietetic Association
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