Obesity: Advocacy toolkit
Obesity
Obesity is a chronic, complex, and treatable disease. It is associated with having an excess amount of body fat. Obesity is not a choice. Genetic, environmental, and social factors play a role in obesity.
Obesity: MASLD and lifestyle changes – health-promoting habits for weight management
Obesity is a chronic, complex, and treatable disease. It is associated with having an excess amount of body fat. Obesity is not a choice. Genetic, environmental, and social factors play a role in obesity.
Obesity: GERD and lifestyle changes – Healthy habits for weight management
Obesity is a chronic disease in which someone has an excess of fat that negatively impacts their health. The calculation of body mass index (BMI) is typically used to measure if someone has obesity (overweight).
Short bowel syndrome (SBS): Small bowel ostomy diet
If you have an ostomy with short bowel syndrome (SBS), you may need to adjust what you eat and drink to change your stool output.
Short bowel syndrome (SBS): Oral rehydration solutions
Oral rehydration helps patients with short bowel syndrome stay adequately hydrated and maintain the correct amount of fluid in their body.
Short bowel syndrome (SBS): Nutrition 101
Short bowel syndrome (SBS) happens when you don’t have enough small bowel which stops your body from absorbing nutrients from food or drink.
Short bowel syndrome (SBS): Colostomy diet
If you have a colostomy with short bowel syndrome (SBS), you may need to adjust what you eat and drink to change your stool output.
Intuitive eating
Intuitive Eating© focuses on listening to how foods make you feel physically and emotionally, rather following a diet based on rules and restrictions.
Probiotics
Probiotics are often bacteria or other living organisms, like yeasts, that are usually found in foods or dietary supplements.