Weight Management of Urban Educated Elderly for Healthy Ageing
Journal Title: Journal of Quality in Health Care & Economics (JQHE) - Year 2019, Vol 2, Issue 5
Abstract
Background: UNICEF, India country office has seen hundreds of its staff retiring in last 15 years. The UNICEF retired staff Association has been organizing reunion for their members since 2015. These meetings were general get together and spending happy time together. Sightseeing, entertainment and organizational update including the benefits for the retired staff were the agenda. In their 2017 reunion in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, the organizers had arranged a session on health challenges and management practices among retired colleagues. Retired health colleagues under the leadership of the author facilitated discussions and collated some useful management practices. Based on the individual or spouse’s experiences of the best practices some guidelines were prepared and shared based to all. On the request of some of the colleagues in April 2018 a set of dietary advises series called “Awareness for Healthy Ageing of Senior-citizens And Selfempowerment (AHASAS) were prepared by this author and shared. One of the initial guidelines included suggestions to reduce the obesity that was shared to all 106 staff by this author after collating the data on overweight and obesity. A total of 23 Obese people based on their BMI out of 106 were identified and individual counselling regarding the dietary requirements of the senior citizen in terms of calories, proteins and fats along with exercise regimen, sleep improvement practices and a list of dietary items with their Glycaemic Index levels were collated and shared again. Objective: To Assess if the Diet, exercise and sleep advises in general and inter-personal counselling on the willing overweight retired staff of an organization will be effective.
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Suresh K*
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