Sally is a 43-year-old mother of two who has gained 50 pounds over the past five

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Sally is a 43-year-old mother of two who has gained 50 pounds over the past five years. She is 64 inches tall and weighs 180 pounds with a BMI of 30.8. Her waist circumference is 37 inches. She acknowledges that she is not as physically active as she would like to be. She also notes how recent stresses in her life have affected her sleep and seem to have triggered her appetite for sweets. Sally’s father recently died from complications of type 2 diabetes and her mother and sisters are overweight. Sally says she is very motivated to “not get diabetes” and is disturbed that her recent physical exam revealed mildly elevated blood pressure, glucose, and cholesterol levels.

Using information in this chapter, what is a reasonable goal weight for Sally? How long would you estimate it would take her to safely lose this amount of weight?

Explanation / Answer

Sally is now with a BMI of 30.8 which is obesity, for her height and weight her normal BMI should be between 18.5-24.9. so she should maintain her weight between 105 to 140 pound.

if sally try to loose 2 pound in a week,she will reduce 8 pound in a month, so it will take around 5 months to reduce 40 pound and reach 140 pounds.

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