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My Jenny Craig is a blog around weight loss in general. It is headed by Dr Ian Campbell, leading obesity and weight loss expert in the UK. Dr Ian Campbell is one of the UK’s most respected experts in obesity and weight management and is the medical expert for Jenny Craig in the UK. As a family [...]
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By Dr Ian Campbell April 2010
Whenever a patient comes to see me to ask for help the very fact that they have arranged and attended their appointment is what we doctors call “implied consent”. That is, the patient is making a declaration of their trust in the doctor to show professionalism, and sound judgement in determining what the diagnosis might be, and the best course of treatment. The patient is in effect saying they have confidence that the doctor will do what’s best for them. One of the reasons patients can have that confidence is because of the high standards that doctors try to work to, but also because of their insistence on scientific evidence of treatments chosen . When it comes to weight management it shouldn’t be any different. Would-be dieters should have enough information to be able to choose with confidence the right weight loss approach for them, ideally backed by clinical trial data.
One of the great things that attracted me to the Jenny Craig programme was the evidence. Research published by Dr Ello-Martina and colleagues in 2009 in the US (Rock CL, Flatt SW, Karanja N, et al. Obesity. 2009;17(suppl 2):S.264. Abstract.) showed that the Jenny Craig programme, a portion controlled diet, with the support of a personal coach has worked for the people in the study. Over a 12 month period the researchers studied more than 400 people, with half on the Jenny Craig programme, and the other half dieting on their own. The results were very encouraging indeed. Overall, the research showed those using the Jenny Craig programme lost more than three times as much weight as those dieting on their own, a massive 9.6% body weight loss (9.1kg) compared to 3.1% (2.8kg). In addition to a weight lost, the research also showed those on the Jenny Craig programme achieved a healthier diet with more vegetable and fruit consumption, greater levels of physical activity, and lower levels of total and LDL cholesterol.
We may indeed be what we eat. And making sure our dietary intake is portion controlled means we can be lighter, and healthier. As they say, “the proof of the pudding is in the eating”. We just need to make sure it’s in the right portions
Tags: healthy weight, losing weight, lower cholesterol, Physical Activity