Healthy weight management is the achievement and maintenance of a body weight and composition associated with good health, accomplished through the regulation of energy balance and the quality of the diet rather than through transient or extreme measures. It rests on aligning energy intake with expenditure, favourin…
Healthy weight management is the achievement and maintenance of a body weight and composition associated with good health, accomplished through the regulation of energy balance and the quality of the diet rather than through transient or extreme measures. It rests on aligning energy intake with expenditure, favouring nutrient-dense foods, and integrating physical activity and behavioural strategies that support sustainable change. Because excess adiposity raises the risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, and metabolic syndrome, while undernutrition and unintended loss carry their own hazards, weight management is a central objective in both prevention and clinical care, and outcomes depend on metabolic, behavioural, and social factors as well as on adherence. Peer-reviewed research in this area examines the efficacy of a hypocaloric Mediterranean diet in overweight patients and the factors predicting completion, dietary regimens for the reversal of obesity, the relationship between body composition and nutritional status, fat loss in the context of higher-fat diets, dietary effects on body composition and skin, and barriers to physical activity and healthy eating. Studies employ intervention trials, cross-sectional surveys, and reviews across diverse populations. This work connects dietary composition and energy balance to body weight and metabolic health. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research in nutrition addressing weight management, body composition, and diet-related disease.
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