The teenage or adolescent years are crucial times for women, and battling weight loss on top of it can be hard. Eat as much as you want and STILL lose weight - but there's a tiny catch. They say the foods fill dieters up quicker so they have fewer cravings for snacks and junk food and end up eating less. Fresh fruit, vegetables, lean meat, fish, eggs and pulses have the same effect. They typically have fewer calories per mouthful than processed foods as they are full of water, protein and fibre.
Because obesity is reaching epidemic proportions, the topic of obesity is a core part in medical curriculums (Lean, et al 2007). This means that every time a health professional has the opportunity to see a patient, they should be able to assess the patient to see if they have a weight problem and either refer them to a specialist or offer simple advice (Lean, et al 2007). Physiotherapists have a key role to play in trying to reverse this trend as they often use exercise as a form of treatment, so if a patient is too overweight to do exercise, it becomes harder for the treatment to be successful (Bird, 1992).
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