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Today’s Theme: Weight Management
Successful weight management requires identifying and addressing both the root causes of weight gain as well as the barriers to weight management.
Quick Facts
A recent study found that long periods of sedentary time was positively associated with an increased risk for dying (from all-causes, cancer and cardiovascular diseases) and increasing the risk for certain forms of cancer (specifically breast, colon, colorectal, endometrial, and epithelial ovarian cancer), cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. A meta-analysis found that the largest association was with type 2 diabetes (91% increased risk).
For More Information
‘Humans are programmed for loss’: Why therapeutic fasting could be the answer to ‘lifestyle diseases’ like obesity, at nationalpost.com.
Naturopathic doctors don’t simply recommend diets for weight issues. They conduct metabolic and hormone assessments, they look at a patient’s food sensitivities, and they emphasize digestive health as key to weight management.
