Weight management

The primary care provider may initially seek to control the cholesterol level by encouraging therapeutic life changes (TLC). This includes a cholesterol-lowering diet (TLC diet), physical activity, quitting smoking (if applicable), and weight management. The TLC diet is a... 

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American Obesity Association. AOA Fact Sheets, Consumer Protection Weight Management Products Services. Available online at http //www.obesity.org/ subs/fastfacts/Obesity Consumer Protectshtml. 

Partnership for Healthy Weight Management. Voluntary Guidelines for Providers of Weight Loss Products or Services ... 

Torp-Pedersen C, Caterson 1, Coutinho W, Finer N, Van Gaal L, Maggioni A et al. Cardiovascular responses to weight management and sibutramine in high-risk subjects an analysis from the SCOUT trial. Eur Heart J 2007 28(23) 2915-23. 

A. Dairy food intake, obesity, and weight management... 

Given its nutrient rich nature, the compositional complexities of milk means the effects on health and disease are not likely to be due to a single mechanism (Elwood et al., 2008), but several hypotheses have been put forward. Table 1.3 presents possible mechanisms that may be responsible for association between dairy food and weight management. These mechanisms are discussed in the following sections. 

It is clear that evidence to support role of dairy on weight management is a key research area, and while calls have been made for further substantiation to determine whether a true food effect is at play (Lamarche, 2008), it might also be important to discern how a "food effect" occurs. This is not likely to be the same as a pharmaceutical effect. A review by Parikh and Yanovski (2003) identifies the need for large, population based, clinical trials assessing the effect of dairy products on body weight, but there needs to be some development of the theoretical framework in which this might be assessed. 

Kabrnova-Hlavata, K., Hainer, V., Gojova, M., Hlavaty, P., Kopsky, V., Nedvidkova, J., Kunesova, M., Parizkova, J., Wagenknecht, M., Hill, M., and Drbohlav, J. (2008). Calcium intake and the outcome of short-term weight management. Physiol. Res. 57, 237-245. 

Zemel, M. B. (2004). Role of calcium and dairy products in energy partitioning and weight management. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 79, 907S-912S. 

Metabolife Ultra Weight Management." Available online. URL www.metabolife.com. Accessed August 23, 2007. 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. "Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005. Chapter 3 Weight Management." Available online. URL www.health.gov/ dietaryguidelines/dga2005/document/html/chapter3. htm. Accessed November 13, 2007. 

Preuss, H.C., Bagchi, D., Bagchi, M., Rao, C.V.S., Satyanarayana, S. and Dey, D.K. (2004) Efficacy of a novel, natural extract of (-)-hydroxycitric acid (HCA-SX) and a combination of HCA-SX, niacin-bound chromium and Cymnema syivestre extract in weight management in human volunteers a pilot study. Nutrition Research 24(1), 45-58. 

Treat or refer such patients for treatment, including nutrition and weight management, physical activity counseling, smoking cessation, and medical management... 

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