Our Fort Worth and Grapevine obgyns strive to help you achieve optimal health. Getting to and maintaining a healthy weight benefits your overall health by reducing your risk of developing serious medical issues such as diabetes, high blood pressure, joint issues and cardiovascular disease. Weight management also reduces your risk of developing breast, colon, gallbladder and endometrial cancers.
If you are overweight or obese, you have a higher risk of developing certain issues that affect your reproductive health.
Weight management is also important during the perimenopausal and menopausal years. Overweight or obese women may suffer from more hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause than healthy weight women.
A healthy diet that includes less processed food is beneficial for women at every age and weight. Processed food contains excess salt, sugar and saturated fats. Focus on healthy choices for weight management.
Practice portion control and read labels. Meal planning also helps keep you on track.
If you are overweight or obese, you will need to cut calories. A healthy diet containing between 1200 to 1500 calories should produce a one to two pound weight loss per week.
How do you know if you are overweight or obese? Our Fort Worth and Grapevine obgyns can discuss your BMI and weight management with you at your annual wellness visit. Your BMI, or body mass index, indicates whether you need to lose weight.
Free tools to help with weight management:
Track your food intake:
https://www.supertracker.usda.gov/default.aspx
Determine your body mass index (BMI):
https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm
Exercise helps with weight management and overall health. When you get proper exercise, you lower your risk of developing serious medical problems, such as diabetes, cardiovascular issues, arthritis and osteoporosis. Other benefits include stress reduction and better quality of sleep.
Follow these simple guidelines to improve your overall health with exercise.
Weight management helps you get and stay healthy at every stage of life. Our Fort Worth and Grapevine obgyns can advise you about healthy weight, diet and exercise. Contact us for an appointment.
245 W. State Highway 114 Suite 330
Southlake, TX 76092
3025 N. Tarrant Pkwy, Ste. 150
Ft. Worth, Texas 76177
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