Health Sciences 1001A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Problem Solving, Insulin Resistance
9 Sep 2013
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Slow weight gain is a major cause of overweight and obesity: weight management important for everyone. Early adulthood: good time to adopt healthy behaviours. Several lifestyle factors are critical for long-term weight management. Cornell university (2003: students put on an average of 15 lbs between the time they left high school and end of first year university. Students gains ~4lbs during the 1st 3 months: 11x expected weight gain for typical 17-18 year old and 20x expected weight gain for average adult. Accounted for by: all-you-can eat dining facilities, increase in number of evening snacks, increase of number of weekend meals, increase consumption . Low self esteem and negative emotions often accompany weight problems. Internally held pictures of an ideal self often result of unrealistic goals and beliefs about how we and others should be. Challenge these beliefs and replace with realistic ones: involves: Food is often used as a coping mechanism.
