Some Lose Weight Recommendations:
- Lose
weight
to lower elevated blood pressure in overweight and obese
persons with high blood pressure.
- Lose
weight to lower elevated levels of total cholesterol,
LDL-cholesterol, and triglycerides, and to raise low levels
of HDL-cholesterol in overweight and obese persons with
dyslipidemia.
- Lose
weight to lower elevated blood glucose levels in
overweight and obese persons with type 2 diabetes.
- Use
the BMI to assess overweight and obesity. Body weight alone
can be used to follow weight loss, and to determine the
effectiveness of therapy.
- The
BMI to classify overweight and obesity and to estimate relative
risk of disease compared to normal weight.
- The
waist circumference should be used to assess abdominal fat
content.
- The
initial goal of wieght loss therapy should be to reduce
body weight by about 10 percent from baseline. With success,
and if warranted, further wieght loss can be attempted.
(From
the Expert Panel on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment
of Overweight and Obesity in Adults)
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