Publisher's Synopsis
Now available in Spanish, Understanding Your Weight chart is a visual tool that facilitates patient and health profession discussion about what to do about excess weight. In addition to explaining the "why" of weight gain, it provides tangible and unintimidating next steps, improving patient compliance and adherence to a weight reduction program. This visual chart addresses topics such as:Energy balance determines body weightFactors that affect energy balance: energy intake (calories consumed) and energy expenditure (calories burned)Details on a key factor in burning calories—metabolism—which accounts for approximately 60-75% of energy expenditureKey steps on how to lose excess weight, including goal setting, making small changes, and discussing other options with a physician if lifestyle changes are not sufficientWays to improve diet and increase physical activity, such as recognizing eating behavior/patterns and looking for ways to be active throughout the dayAvailabe in English and Spanishmade in USAAvailable in the following versions:20" x 26" heavy paper laminated with grommets at top corners ISBN 978078177322520" x 26" heavy paper laminated with grommets Spanish ISBN 978078177331720" x 26" heavy paper Spanish ISBN 9780781773300.
