Landmark obesity guidelines in Canada treat problem as chronic illness
Landmark obesity guidelines in Canada treat problem as chronic illness
Guidelines appear to be first to urge handling health issue as complex disease, not just a question of weight loss https://www.theguardian.com/society...idelines-canada Quote:
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Nutritional therapy was listed third after drugs and surgery, so we'll see how it goes. At least they are starting to realize that fewer calories can change hormone levels and make obesity worse, not better. The answer is to change the food. Back to the real foods we ate 60 yrs ago (but fresh instead of canned vegs) would be a start.
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These aren't "official" guidelines from Health Canada :exclm:. They're recommendations from a special interest group, Obesity Canada, targeted at primary health care professionals, in particular family physicians and nurse practitioners.
Their guidelines are posted in full here ... https://obesitycanada.ca/guidelines/chapters/ :read:. It's certainly sparking controversy! Personally, I'm torn. On one hand I agree that BMI should not be used as a measurement of health, especially for children. Also agree with the recommendation against "eat less/move more" and for a more wholistic, empathetic approach. However, I disagree with the "medicalization" of obesity .. ie, a chronic condition that requires medical management in particular pharmacological or surgical interventions. I suppose controversy can be a good thing, if it gets people talking and thinking, especially health care professionals and those in charge at Health Canada. Minus the food and drug manufacturers .. but of course that's just a pipe dream. Those b*stards will always have too much power (read: $$) :thdown: Doreen, cynic |
I agree that BMI should not be a good method, especially for children. This is my grandson at age 7 or so when the pediatrician told my DiL that his BMI put him well into the overweight catetgory:
We all say he must have inherited his dad's heavy bones, as here is a photo of his dad (my son) on his wedding day, when his BMI put him at borderline obese despite having a 32-inch waist and wearing a men's medium in T-shirts. |
I certainly like these comments in the article:
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