BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) (Page 164-165)
MEASUREMENT OF BODY COMPOSITION (pages 168-171)
Hydrostatic Weighing (page 168)
(3 min)
Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA or DXA) (page 168)
(1 min)
Bod Pod (page 168)
(1.5 min)
CUN-BAE (page 169)
Prediction of percent of body fat is based upon a person's sex (male/female), age, weight and height.
Bioelectrical Impedance Analyzer (BIA) (page 169)
(6 min)
(page 173)
Bottom Line: Do not refer a patient - especially a patient with a medical diagnosis such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, etc. to a nutritionist. If the patient requires nutrition education beyond your competency level, refer him/her to his/her physician to obtain a referral to a registered dietician (RD).
WHOLE-FOOD PLANT-BASED FAT LOSS DIET (pages 174-175)
The “most effective nutritional diet for weight loss and maintaining a lower body-weight is the whole food, plant-based diet” (Greger, 2020). In fact, those who eat a predominantly plant-based diet weigh less, up to 30 lbs. less, than the general population (Greger, 2020). Despite the significant research that has found that vegetarian /vegan/whole-food, plant-based diets are effective in preventing and reversing obesity, plant-based diets continue to be largely un-embraced by Americans and under-prescribed by our physicians.
Although there is sufficient evidence the WFPB diet promotes fat / weight loss with-out having to purposefully reduce caloric intake, an alternative is to both adhere to a WFPB diet and introduce a modest caloric deficit.
Anecdotal cases of the positive effects of THE WFPB DIET
KETOGENIC DIET (pages 176-177)
A patient wants your opinion about using the Ketogenic diet to lose weight. Using peer-reviewed evidence (e.g., that which is summarized on pages 176-177), what is a Brief Teach?
What is the medical use of the ketogenic diet?