Weight management comprises behaviors, techniques, and physiological processes that contribute to a person's ability to attain and maintain a healthy weight.[1][2] Most weight management techniques encompass long-term lifestyle strategies that promote healthy eating and daily physical activity.[3] Weight management generally includes tracking weight over time and identifying an individual's ideal body weight.[4]
Weight management strategies most often focus on achieving healthy weights through slow but steady weight loss, followed by maintenance of an ideal body weight.[5] However, weight neutral approaches to health have also been shown to result in positive health outcomes.[6][7]
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