Most of us would like a quick fix for that extra weight we carry around. While fad diets and weight loss programs abound, most fail to encourage us to properly manage our weight for optimal health.
Weight management requires lifestyle and behavioral modification.
To manage our weight we need to change the way we think about weight loss. The 2000 revision of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans provides two methods for determining health risk as it relates to weight. This is a ratio of height to weight and an estimate of body fatness and health. As BMI goes up so does the risk of developing weight related health problems. The second method of determining health risk is waist circumference .