title: Nutritional Therapy.
abstract: This article provides the reader with steps needed to accurately assess patient nutrition behaviors that contribute to weight gain, inability to lose weight, or inability to sustain weight loss. Evidence-based approaches in nutrition therapy that can create the daily energy deficit needed to produce 1/2 to 2 pounds of weight loss per week, and the strategies to create the energy deficit, are presented. To optimize health, long-term weight loss maintenance is needed. The benefits of using a multidisciplinary team approach in treating obesity are highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Defense, MacDill Air Force Base, H: 3613 South Gunlock Avenue, Tampa, FL 33629, USA. Electronic address: jrsagator8@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery; D015897:Comorbidity; D015444:Exercise; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015431:Weight Loss
keywords: Diet; Energy deficit; Fad diets; Food; Healthy eating; Macronutrients; Meal replacements; Nutrition therapy