Gujarati Weight Loss You Can See Vegetarian
A Gujarati picture portion guide for a culturally relevant calorie-controlled dietary plan. This version does not have any meat or fish products displayed, so is appropriate for people following a vegetarian diet (page 20 of the original resource has been deleted).
Developed in partnership with The London Diabetes Dietitian, this resource provides a simple portion approach to support weight management for people from the UK Gujarati population. The plan should be personalised to meet individual weight loss goals and personal preferences via relevant adjustment of carbohydrate, protein, dairy and fat portions.
Always refer to the professional guidelines to provide appropriate energy defecit targets and ensure nutrient balance for individual needs.
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 portioned meal plans and examples
- allow flexibility of choice of foods within an energy-deficit diet
- achieve a healthier body weight through healthy cooking techniques and portion control to achieve appropriate serving sizes for weight loss and management.
The target group (people aged 16+ from Gujarati communities in the UK) will understand that:
- overweight and obesity is a major health risk and that it increases the risk of many symptoms and disorders
- that eating appropriate portion sizes in a balanced way will help them to lose and/or control body weight
- how many portions of food from each food group to include for nutritional balance and to achieve and/or maintain their healthier body weight
- how portions relate to servings within a plated meal and/or multiple foods from one group feature in a meal.
- McCance and Widdowson’s Composition of foods integrated dataset, 19 March 2021
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/composition-of-foods-integrated-dataset-cofid - Department of Health and Social Care . Physical Activity Guidelines: UK Chief Medical Officers’ Report. Department of Health and Social Care; London, UK: 2019.