Weight Management Study - Results
Based on self-reported height and weight,
25 percent of students were either overweight (11 percent) or at risk
for becoming overweight (14 percent).
However, 43 percent of students were trying
to lose weight and 19 percent of students were trying to maintain their
current weight.
Female students were less likely than male
students to be overweight, but more likely to be trying to lose weight.
Trying to lose weight was associated with
vigorous physical activity (OR = 1.5), strengthening exercises (OR = 2.2),
and cigarette smoking (OR = 1.4) among female students; and vigorous physical
activity (OR = 1.6), strengthening exercises (OR = 1.8), and eating >
or =5 servings/day of fruits and vegetables (OR = 1.5) among male students.
Among students trying to lose weight or
stay the same weight, only 62 percent of females and 41 percent of males
combined exercise with a reduced fat and calorie diet, while 32 percent
of females and 17 percent of males used unhealthy weight control methods
(fasting, diet pills, vomiting, or laxatives).
Weight Management Study - Conclusions
Efforts to promote healthy weight management
among adolescents are needed and should place greater emphasis on combining
physical activity with a reduced fat and calorie diet, increasing fruit
and vegetable consumption, and discouraging smoking and other unhealthy
weight control practices.
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Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Weight Loss & Weight Management
An increase in physical activity is an important part of your weight loss
program. Physical activity improves your muscle/fat ratio - thus raising
metabolism for easier weight loss - and boosts your motivation to maintain
the weight you lose.
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