Sunday, September 16, 2012
Diet
Top 10 most popular diets
The top diets assessed
Wondering which diet plan to follow? To give you the
low-down on weight loss diets we have put the most popular diet approaches to
the test with each diet assessed and rated with the pros and cons outlined.
Recent research conducted by the British Dietetic Association found that a
third of people ended up heavier than their original weight only a few weeks
after dieting. Now, does that sound familiar to you?Fad diets are the kind of regimens where you eat a very restrictive diet or an unusual combination of foods for a short period of time, lose weight, possibly lose a little of your initial interest and then pile the pounds back on.
The diets listed below are in no particular ranked order. Click on the links to check out how we have rated them on a number of criteria including how they satisfy hunger, their ease to follow, expense, and most importantly the impact they can have on your overall health.
- Slimming World diet
- The Atkins Diet
- The GI diet
- Meal replacements
- Detox diets
- Food combining
- Weight Watchers diet
- Low fat diet
- Dietary supplements
- Rosemary Conley’s Hip and Thigh diet
How Obesity Affects Mental and Emotional Health
Mental Health Effects of Obesity - stock xchange scottsnyde
Obesity research shows that being
overweight is connected to mental health and body image issues, and other
unhealthy tendencies. But, is being underweight worse?
Being overweight or underweight affects emotional
health in several different ways. In fact, the mental health effects of obesity
can be as damaging as the physical effects, according to recent obesity
research.The emotional and mental health issues caused by being overweight include social discrimination, low self-esteem, and even thoughts of ending life. However, research shows that being underweight can have even worse mental health effects. Here's a summary of the emotional, mental, and social effects of being overweight and underweight...
Obese People Are More Prone to Depression and Anxiety
Obese women and men are less physically active because it's not only more difficult to move around, it's embarrassing to change in the locker rooms at the gym. Many obese people don't feel comfortable in fitness classes because of their size and shape. This lack of physical activity can cause depression and anxiety (while physical activity reduces feelings of depression and anxiety).
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Overweight People Are Seen as Lacking in Willpower
Social discrimination includes the way society views you based on your appearance. The mental health effects of obesity include social discrimination – people often judge and mistreat individuals who are overweight. Obese people are seen as lazy and lacking in willpower, or incapable of looking after themselves properly. They're socially undesirable, which increases their chances of anxiety and depression.Overweight Students Have Poor College Attendance
Obesity research from the University of Texas at Austin reveals that obese young women are half as likely to attend college as slim girls. Robert Crosnoe conducted the study, which tracked nearly 11,000 American adolescents, and found that young men didn't differ from their non-obese peers in college attendance. Obese young women are also more likely to use drugs and alcohol than their slimmer peers.Crosnoe states: "That girls are far more vulnerable to the non-health risks of obesity reinforces the notion that body image is more important to girls' self-concept and that social norms have greater effects on the education of girls than boys."
- The Psychological Effects of Being Obese
- Effects of Obesity on Children, Young Adults, Adults & Elderly
- Causes and Effects of Childhood Obesity
Underweight People Are More Likely to be Depressed
Professor Tony Jorm from the Centre for Mental Health Research at the Australian National University studied the mental health effects of being overweight and underweight, and found that obese people struggle with depression and anxiety. Surprisingly, underweight people were more likely to deal with mental health problems.Professor Jorm states: "Underweight people also have the advantage in that they have less physical disability and physical ill-health than obese people, and that masks the underlying tendency to anxiety and depression, but when we extract out the physical ill-health component, we're left with this picture that it's the underweight that have the worst mental health."
Whether you're overweight or underweight, taking care of your emotional and mental health is one of the best things you can do for your body and life!
If you found How Obesity Affects Mental and Emotional Health interesting, you might like to read:
- How Weight Loss Pills Work
- Adult Weight Loss Camps
Bioelectrical impedance analysis
Bioelectrical impedance analysis
Many of the early research studies showed that BIA was quite variable and it was not regarded by many as providing an accurate measure of body composition. In recent years technological improvements have made BIA a more reliable and therefore more acceptable way of measuring body composition. Nevertheless it is not a "gold standard" or reference method. Like all assessment tools, the result is only as good as the test done. Although the instruments are straightforward to use, careful attention to the method of use (as described by the manufacturer) should be given.
Simple devices to estimate body fat, often using BIA, are available to consumers as body fat meters. These instruments are generally regarded as being less accurate than those used clinically or in nutritional and medical practice. They tend to under-read body fat percentage.
In recent years, more accurate methods of Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis have been developed.
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