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Ravinder Mamtani MD Professor of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar MAINTAINING optimum body weight is ideal. But I should hasten to add that losing even a relatively small amount of weight results in significant benefits. These health benefits persist if such modest weight loss is maintained. Losing weight is easy. Keeping it off is a challenge. Obesity is a complex and a multifactorial problem. Its control requires a comprehensive plan. Such a plan should consist of a healthy diet, physical activity and lifestyle changes. Healthy diet: A low fat diet with complex carbohydrate such as whole-wheat and brown rice, and legumes, fruits, vegetables, dairy products and grain is a healthy diet with many benefits. One gram of fat has 9 calories as compared to only 4 calories in one gram of carbohydrate or protein. So … Read entire article »