Recommendations for maintaining body weight
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Рекомендации по поддержанию массы тела взрослым людям, ведущим активный образ жизни
Recommendations for maintaining body weight adults who lead an active lifestyle

Author(s): Maria Radziejowska, Jadwiga Knotowicz, Paweł Radziejowski
Subject(s): Health and medicine and law
Published by: Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w Koninie
Keywords: body weight; energy demand; physical activity level

Summary/Abstract: The general approach to achieving the desired body weight of an athlete relieson the energy balance concept. The body weight is constant if the amount ofconsumed energy is equal to the amount of expended energy. Retaining theexisting body weight. The aim of retaining the body weight is to maintain theenergy balance. The section discusses the procedure adopted in that case,which consists of the assessment of the normal way of eating and level ofphysical activity; the determination of the energy demand and the analysis ofits use; the determination of the appropriate composition of nutrients in thediet; the development of the individual strategy to achieve the goal – retainingthe existing body weight; weekly monitoring of the stability of the body weight.Reducing the body weight. If the aim is to reduce the body weight, a negativeenergy balance must be achieved. The reduction in energy uptake may worsenthe functional indices due to factors, such as the reduction of the energy reserves,the impairment of immunologic functions, disorders in mood and enzymaticactivity, as well as changes in the structure of muscles (Walberg-Rankin,1998). The article discusses in detail the standard procedure adopted inthat case. Increasing the body weight. To increase his/her body weight, theathlete should exist in the state of a positive energy balance. The attention isnormally focused on the fatless body mass increase, though some athletesneed to increase their total body weight. The article discusses in detail thestandard procedure adopted in that case.

  • Issue Year: 4/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 141-153
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Russian