From April 8 to 12, a week of popularization of calorie counting has been announced in Russia

Doctors of the sanatorium "Krasivo" join the infocampany. The purpose of the health week is to form a commitment among the population to follow the rules of a healthy diet with an emphasis on the possibilities of controlling the energy balance. Irrational nutrition with excessive energy consumption of food, low physical activity and a sedentary lifestyle are the main factors in the increase in the prevalence of abdominal and generalized obesity.

Obesity is recognized by the World Health Organization as a new non-communicable epidemic of our time, posing a serious threat to human health. Obesity is one of the most serious risk factors for the development of diseases, primarily of the cardiovascular system, cancer, diabetes mellitus, diseases of the musculoskeletal system.

The main principle of a rational diet for obesity is to reduce the caloric content of the daily diet to 1800 kcal per day for men and 1500 kcal for women. The diet should be balanced: the proportion of proteins in the daily diet should be 25%, fats — 20%, carbohydrates — 55%. Eating a large amount of foods containing vegetable fibers (vegetables and fruits at least 400 g per day) will help to cope with hunger and facilitate dieting. You should eat 4-5 times a day in small portions. Let food become your medicine, otherwise medicine can become food! Take care of yourself!