Weight Loss You Can See (with guidelines)
Our comprehensive guide to weight loss, including spaces for patient specific information to be entered and a food portion pictorial guide for a calorie-controlled diet.
Always refer to the Weight Loss You Can See - Health Professional User Guide to provide appropriate goals and ensure nutrient balance for individual needs.
Meal plans are no longer available in print format - visit NDR Prescribe to access and use the blank meal plan plus 1200kcal, 1500kcal, 1800kcal, 2000kcal and 2500kcal options.
Advice requires some explanation from a Health Professional who has basic nutrition knowledge to enable correct implementation.
The resource aims to:
- make following an energy deficit diet easier by providing pictures of food portions and pictorial examples of meal plans.
- allow flexibility of choice of foods within an energy-deficit diet, to achieve a healthier body weight.
The target group will understand that overweight and obesity is a major health risk increases the risk of multiple medical issues including:
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Coronary artery disease
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Heart failure
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Diabetes or a high blood sugar level (insulin resistance or pre-diabetes)
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Cancer of the breast, uterus, ovaries, colon, prostate, kidneys, or pancreas
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Reduced fertility
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Fatty liver, hepatitis, and cirrhosis
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Blood clots (deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism)
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Kidney disorders, including nephrotic syndrome
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Arthritis, gout, low back pain, and other joint disorders
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Depression and anxiety
The target group will know:
- Eating appropriate portion sizes through a balanced diet.
- Know how many portions of food from each food group an individual should have to achieve and/or maintain their healthier body weight.
- Know how portions relate to servings.
- SIGN Guideline Management of Obesity (February 2010)
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Preventing excess weight gain, NICE Guideline 7, March 2015, nice.org.uk/guidance/ng7
- The INDI modelling work for the development of nutritionally complete meal plans.
Related Resources
Recipes for Life
- Pack size: 1
- Classification: DT
- NDR-UK ref: 9016
Getting the Balance Right
- Pack size: 10
- Classification: PiL
- NDR-UK ref: 9007