While many people may equate their health with the number they see when they step on a scale, your Body Mass Index (BMI) is generally accepted to give a more accurate indication of your health than your weight alone. BMI is more accurate in this regard because instead of merely weighing the body, it also takes height into consideration.
For instance, if you are 6 feet tall, your healthy weight range is higher than that of someone who is 5 feet 5 inches tall. Since BMI is more precise, yet still easy to calculate (there are currently dozens of free BMI calculators available online), it has been used in some form for the last 200 years. However, lately there has been some speculation about new measurements of physical health that might be even more accurate than BMI.
So then, what can us, as parents do to recognize unhealthy patterns and give our children the opportunity to develop the habits that lead to them growing into healthy, active adults? To begin with, the changes must start with us. Then we must give our kids the opportunity to make healthy choices on their own, teaching them the patterns they need to know to continue making those decisions for a lifetime.
Dr. Sears asserts that following this diet will change the way hormones work in your body to have a greater anti-inflammatory effect. Hormones like insulin and glucagon are produced as a result of foods we eat (or don't eat) to regulate blood sugar levels.
Due to the BMI's inability to deliver a sufficiently accurate measurement, some scientists and medical researchers have been turning to other methods of determining one's physical health. One of these is the Body Adiposity Index (BAI).
Yes, to some extent. Weight loss is relatively slow, but Dr. Sears attributes that to the fact that the weight lost is nearly all from fat and not muscle or water. Those who stick to the Zone Diet find that even if their weight doesn't melt away, they have healthier cholesterol levels and/or blood pressure, resulting in decreased risk of heart disease and other obesity-related health issues.
Other factors that make this diet effective are that it is relatively easy to follow "one-third" and "size-of-palm" rules, and that online membership is free with inexpensive cookbooks available.
There has been very little research done to substantiate Dr. Sears' claims, and many healthcare providers refrain from recommending this diet to their patients based on that fact alone. However, it seems to be safe provided there are no other underlying diseases or dietary needs.
While the medical community has yet to completely adopt a successor to the BMI measurement, the fact that there are accurate options to choose from is encouraging. With the number of people that use their BMI ratio as evidence that they need to fly down to Mexico for weight loss surgery, it pays to use a measurement that can tell you the true state of your body and your health before making such an important decision.
For instance, if you are 6 feet tall, your healthy weight range is higher than that of someone who is 5 feet 5 inches tall. Since BMI is more precise, yet still easy to calculate (there are currently dozens of free BMI calculators available online), it has been used in some form for the last 200 years. However, lately there has been some speculation about new measurements of physical health that might be even more accurate than BMI.
So then, what can us, as parents do to recognize unhealthy patterns and give our children the opportunity to develop the habits that lead to them growing into healthy, active adults? To begin with, the changes must start with us. Then we must give our kids the opportunity to make healthy choices on their own, teaching them the patterns they need to know to continue making those decisions for a lifetime.
Dr. Sears asserts that following this diet will change the way hormones work in your body to have a greater anti-inflammatory effect. Hormones like insulin and glucagon are produced as a result of foods we eat (or don't eat) to regulate blood sugar levels.
Due to the BMI's inability to deliver a sufficiently accurate measurement, some scientists and medical researchers have been turning to other methods of determining one's physical health. One of these is the Body Adiposity Index (BAI).
Yes, to some extent. Weight loss is relatively slow, but Dr. Sears attributes that to the fact that the weight lost is nearly all from fat and not muscle or water. Those who stick to the Zone Diet find that even if their weight doesn't melt away, they have healthier cholesterol levels and/or blood pressure, resulting in decreased risk of heart disease and other obesity-related health issues.
Other factors that make this diet effective are that it is relatively easy to follow "one-third" and "size-of-palm" rules, and that online membership is free with inexpensive cookbooks available.
There has been very little research done to substantiate Dr. Sears' claims, and many healthcare providers refrain from recommending this diet to their patients based on that fact alone. However, it seems to be safe provided there are no other underlying diseases or dietary needs.
While the medical community has yet to completely adopt a successor to the BMI measurement, the fact that there are accurate options to choose from is encouraging. With the number of people that use their BMI ratio as evidence that they need to fly down to Mexico for weight loss surgery, it pays to use a measurement that can tell you the true state of your body and your health before making such an important decision.
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Obesity Free is a weight loss clinic in Mexico that focuses on gastric band and gastric sleeve surgeries.
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