Healthy Eating

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Healthy Eating

• Am I bovvered?

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What does it mean to be healthy?

• Being an appropriate weight
• Reducing risk of illness
• Enjoying life
• Being able to do what you want
• Feeling well
• Living a healthy old age

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Why concentrate on weight?

• Being overweight can be a result of lifestyle
• Eating the wrong type of foods
• Not taking enough exercise
• Sedentary jobs
• Lack of self confidence leading to overeating

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Obesity

• In Scotland - 65 men overweight / obese
• - 60 women overweight /obese
• Men more likely than women to be overweight than
  obese

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What are the risks?

• Increased risk of
• High blood pressure risk of stroke, kidney
  disease
• heart disease
• Diabetes kidney failure, blindness, heart
  disease
• Back pain, joint pains, decreased mobility

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Diabetes

• The incidence of diabetes is increasing in the
  general population, reaching about 10 of the
  population in the age 65.
• 3.8 men and 3.7 women aged 16 have diabetes
• 1-2 children are diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes
  each year compared with none about 5 years ago.
• Having PKU does not change the risk think of a
  low phenylalanine / restricted carbohydrate diet!!

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PKU

• Many professionals have tunnel vision
• The diet and lifestyle looked upon
  sympathetically
• Many parents give unhealthy foods too often to
  make up for the restrictions
• Upset when weight discussed have enough to cope
  with.

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The excuses!

• Those scales must be wrong!
• I will find time tomorrow
• Its my hormones / genes
• All my family are big and they are fine
• I dont have time
• I cant afford to eat healthily
• I am not overweight

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• The scales are wrong

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• I will find time tomorrow

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• I dont have time

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• Its in the genes

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• I cant afford to eat healthily

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• I am not overweight

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The next step

• Look at your day
• Keep a diary
• Who does what ?
• Delegate
• Find a little time

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Change one thing

• Find a like minded friend
• Take the stairs
• Limit TV / computer
• Eat more fruit and vegetables
• Drink more water
• Stop between meal snacks

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Benefits of weight loss

• Losing 5-10kg (3/4 1 stone)
• ? Improves joint and back pain
• ? Improves lung function
• ? Better sleeping pattern
• ? Reduction in breathlessness
• ? Loss of a few pounds removes a substantial
  amount of blood fats such as cholesterol
  (fatty deposits) which clog up the arteries

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• Losing 10kg (1 stone)
• ? 20 reduction in risk of death from any cause
• ? 30 reduction in the risk of dying from
  diabetes related condition
• ? 40 reduction in risk of dying from obesity
  related cancer

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• Change a little
• Gain a lot!

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