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   Can dietary intake and weight control help prevent chronic disease?

   • Yet emerging research suggests that some foods and eating patterns may make it easier to keep calories in check, while others may make people more likely to overeat. This article briefly reviews the research on dietary intake and weight control, highlighting diet strategies that also help prevent chronic disease.

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   How do you prevent obesity?

   • To prevent obesity, you need to stay active, follow a healthy diet, and get adequate sleep. Obesity prevention also involves saying no to certain preferences, like soft drinks, or driving short distances when you could walk instead. Obesity is generally defined as a chronic disease characterized by excessive body fat.

   How to Prevent Obesity: Diet, Exercise, and Lifestyle Strategies

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   How can we stop the obesity epidemic?

   • Equitable access to obesity prevention and treatment is also needed to slow the obesity epidemic. Policy makers and community leaders can work to ensure that their communities, environments, and systems support a healthy, active lifestyle for all.

   What Can Be Done | Overweight & Obesity | CDC

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2. www.verywellhealth.com › obesity-prevention-4014175How to Prevent Obesity: Diet, Exercise, and Lifestyle Strategies

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   Mar 30, 2024 · Preventing obesity involves making healthy lifestyle choices every day. To prevent obesity, you need to stay active, follow a healthy diet, and get adequate sleep. Obesity prevention also involves saying no to certain preferences, like soft drinks, or driving short distances when you could walk instead.

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   Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight includes healthy eating, physical activity, optimal sleep, and stress reduction. Several other factors may also affect weight gain.

4. www.cdc.gov › healthyweight › effectsHealth Effects of Overweight and Obesity | Healthy Weight ...

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   Sep 24, 2022 · Food Assistance and Food Systems Resources. People who have overweight or obesity*, compared to those with healthy weight, are at increased risk for many serious diseases and health conditions. These include: 1,2,3. All-causes of death (mortality). High blood pressure (hypertension).

5. www.cdc.gov › obesity › strategiesWhat Can Be Done | Overweight & Obesity | CDC

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   • The Federal Government Is
   • Some States and Communities Are
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   Studying what works in communities to make it easier for people to be more physically active and have a healthier diet.

   Measuring trends in obesity and related risk factors.

   Developing and promoting guidelines on dietary patterns and amounts of physical activity Americans need for good health.

   Helping  families with lower incomes get affordable, nutritious foodsthrough programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Pandemic Electronic Benefit...

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   Making it easier to choose healthy food options where people live, work, learn, and play.

   Making healthy foods more available by connecting local producers with retailers and organizations such as childcare, schools, hospitals, and food hubs.

   Promoting nutrition standards in early care and education settings, food pantries, and faith-based organizations.

   Partnering with business and civic leaders to plan and carry-out local, culturally tailored interventions to address poor nutrition, and physical inactivity and tobacco use.

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   Measure patients’ weight, height, and body mass index, and counsel them on keeping a healthy weight and its role in disease prevention.

   Screen children and adults for overweight and obesity and refer patients with obesity to intensive programs, including family healthy weight programs and the Diabetes Prevention Program.

   Counsel patients about nutrition, physical activity, and optimal sleep.

   Use respectful and non-stigmatizing, person-first language with all individuals in weight-related discussions.

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   Eat a healthy diet by following the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

   Get the amount of physical activity recommended by the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, 2ndedition.

   Get involved in community efforts to improve options for healthier foods and physical activity.

   Lose weight, if they weigh more than recommended, to help reduce risk for many chronic diseases.

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   There’s ample research on foods and diet patterns that protect against heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and other chronic conditions. The good news is that many of the foods that help prevent disease also seem to help with weight control-foods like whole grains, vegetables, fruits, and nuts.

   • Beyond Willpower: Diet Quality and Quantity Matter

     It’s no secret that the amount of calories people eat and drink has a direct impact on their weight: Consume the same number of calories that the b...
   • Macronutrients and Weight: Do carbs, Protein, Or Fat Matter?

     When people eat controlled diets in laboratory studies, the percentage of calories from fat, protein, and carbohydrate do not seem to matter for we...
   • Specific Foods That Make It Easier Or Harder to Control Weight

     There’s growing evidence that specific food choices may help with weight control. The good news is that many of the foods that are beneficial for w...
   • Diet Patterns, Portion Size, and Weight

     People don’t eat nutrients or foods in isolation. They eat meals that fall into an overall eating pattern, and researchers have begun exploring whe...

7. www.healthline.com › health › how-to-prevent-obesityHow to Prevent Obesity: Tips for Kids and Adults - Healthline

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   Oct 16, 2018 · Encourage your child to try a variety of different fruits, vegetables, and proteins from an early age. As they grow older, they may be more likely to incorporate these healthy foods into their...

8. www.medicalnewstoday.com › articles › how-to-preventHow to prevent obesity - Medical News Today

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   Apr 25, 2023 · Ways to help prevent obesity can include maintaining lifestyle factors such as a balanced diet, physical activity, and getting enough sleep. Obesity may affect...