OBESITY MANAGEMENT BY LIFE-STYLE STRATEGIES

This chapter discusses lifestyle management strategies for obesity in adults and is based on an assumption that treatment, resulting in appr opriate and sustained weight loss, is of benefit to individuals. It ex amines dietary management strategies including the use of very low cal orie diets, moderate energy restriction and individual and group appro aches in commercial and non-commercial environments. It explores the r ole of physical activity in the treatment of obesity in particular Foc using on the associated health benefits and the increasing evidence of the importance of physical activity in weight maintenance. It discuss es the effect of behavioural interventions on achieving and maintainin g weight loss and briefly offers suggestions for the organisation of l ifestyle interventions.