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After you peruse this week’s resources, you should have a good idea of what a healthy, comprehensive plan for weight loss should look like. Use this knowledge to answer the first question below, then consult some reliable, external resources to answer questions 2 and 3.
Based on this week’s readings, briefly summarize the key components to healthy weight loss. complete this question BEFORE you answer the next two questions.
Next, describe “exercise addiction.” Be sure to support your post with at least two scholarly resources.
Finally, does your answer to 2 above influence your answer in 1—why or why not?
This article from the National Institutes of Health includes a short video on what it’s like to carry extra pounds.
What Causes Overweight and Obesity?
This page provides the DRI for energy. We are not concerned with the text at the bottom, just the formula at the top of the page.
http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10490&page=185
This resource from the CDC provides a look into Body Mass Index, including calculating BMI, what your BMI tells you, use for BMI, and its limitations.
Body Mass Index: Considerations for Practitioners
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides suggestions on how to lose weight.
Losing Weighthttps://leocontent.umgc.edu/content/dam/equella-content/nutr100/LosingWeight.pdf
Nutrition specialists offer guidelines on physical activity and muscle strengthening.
Nutrition specialists offer tips on weight-loss products and diets.
http://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/nutrition-food-safety-health/weight-loss-products-programs-and-diets-9-363/