Weight Management Issues and Strategies for Success
Abstract
Despite dedicated efforts to reduce the obesity problem in the United States, no state as of 2007 had achieved the Healthy People 2010 objective to reduce the number of people who are obese to 15%. This article discusses the scope of the obesity problem in the United Sates and the issues surrounding weight-loss efforts and provides some insight into simple weight-loss and maintenance help for patients. Furthermore, effective tools and some physical activity strategies to aid this effort are presented.
Keywords: calories , obesity , overweight , physical activity , weight loss , weight maintenance
In compliance with national ethical guidelines, the author reports no relationships with business or industry that would pose a conflict of interest.
PII: S1555-4155(10)00035-8
doi:10.1016/j.nurpra.2010.01.014
© 2010 American College of Nurse Practitioners. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
