Exercise After Weight Loss Surgery
Weight loss surgeries change how a person digests food and how many nutrients that a body can absorb. Exercise is an important factor in healing from the surgery to help lose weight and keep it off. It is important to check with the surgeon first, but a person should be able to start walking for 20 to 30 minutes per day as soon as the patient gets home. However, divide...
New Year, Your New Shape
Losing weight is one of the most common resolutions people make for the new year. And for many people it may be an achievable goal to shed an unwanted 10-15 pounds. Losing a substantial amount of weight, however, involves more of an effort. Sometimes standard weight loss methods won't be effective regardless of your motivation. If you've tried trendy diets, doctor-recommended diets, fitness classes, and various forms of exercise without...
How Nutrition Relates to Weight Gain
Whether you lose, gain, or maintain weight is ultimately determined by the energy balance equation. Energy balance is the relationship between the calories you take in and the calories you burn. When you burn more calories than you eat, you lose weight. When you burn and eat the same number of calories, you maintain weight. When you eat more than you burn, you gain weight. For a long time, scientists thought...
3 Common Causes of Obesity
Where you fall on the body mass index determines if you are obese or overweight. Though many people think that obesity only occurs in those who overeat, it can also occur because of genetics. If both your parents are obese and/or you have a family history of obesity, you're more likely to become obese later in life too. Looking at some of the basic causes can help you find the...