Sign-in to Ask A Doctor - 24x7
OR
Sign in with Google
My Question To Be Answered By Dr XXXXXXX D Dear
Question: My question to be answered by Dr XXXXXXX D
Dear doctor,
My son is 19 years old.
1.His height 5 feet 6 inches.
2.His weight is 90 kg
He is overweight
He does skipping rope exercise 500 jumps per day..No other exercise ,
pl suggest the fitness remedies.
thx,
Ms.Abhyankar
Dear doctor,
My son is 19 years old.
1.His height 5 feet 6 inches.
2.His weight is 90 kg
He is overweight
He does skipping rope exercise 500 jumps per day..No other exercise ,
pl suggest the fitness remedies.
thx,
Ms.Abhyankar
Brief Answer:
Playing outdoor games is the key with diet restriction.
Detailed Answer:
Hello Dear XXXXXXX
Welcome back to Ask a Doctor service.
Thank you very much for asking a direct query to me.
Yes, I agree with you that your son is considerably overweight and he does need to work harder towards reducing his weight.
His current body mass index is 32, and it needs to come down to less than 25. Ideal BMI is midway between 18.5 and 25, so around 22.
If we consider 22 as the target BMI for your son, his weight must come down to 61 Kgs.
So, that requires a loss of 30 kilograms.
However, one should not lose weight suddenly, extreme weight loss over a short period of time will pose serious health concerns, so a realistic target is about 10 kilos in 1 year.
This means, measuring the calorie intake of every meal and restricting the calorie intake to slightly less than his daily requirement and add more physical activity to his daily routine.
Just skipping will not at all be useful.
The best way to reduce weight and healthily is by playing an outdoor game like basketball or football regularly (daily) and restrict the total calorie intake to below 1800 Kilo calories per day.
Swimming for half an hour to one hour daily is also equally good.
If he so wishes, he can add jogging or running at least 3 days per week.
You can get a complete diet chart prepared based on my general guidelines by a dietitian (You must inform the dietitian the target is 10 kilogram weight loss over one year, and the total daily calorie intake to not exceed 1800 Kilo calories).
I hope this information will be useful for you, I apologise for the delay in answering your query, I was off duty as it was weekend.
Please do not hesitate to write back to me if you have any doubts and please do update me about your husband's health now, did my suggestion help him?.
I wish your son all the very best, and I wish you and your husband continued good health.
Warm regards.
Playing outdoor games is the key with diet restriction.
Detailed Answer:
Hello Dear XXXXXXX
Welcome back to Ask a Doctor service.
Thank you very much for asking a direct query to me.
Yes, I agree with you that your son is considerably overweight and he does need to work harder towards reducing his weight.
His current body mass index is 32, and it needs to come down to less than 25. Ideal BMI is midway between 18.5 and 25, so around 22.
If we consider 22 as the target BMI for your son, his weight must come down to 61 Kgs.
So, that requires a loss of 30 kilograms.
However, one should not lose weight suddenly, extreme weight loss over a short period of time will pose serious health concerns, so a realistic target is about 10 kilos in 1 year.
This means, measuring the calorie intake of every meal and restricting the calorie intake to slightly less than his daily requirement and add more physical activity to his daily routine.
Just skipping will not at all be useful.
The best way to reduce weight and healthily is by playing an outdoor game like basketball or football regularly (daily) and restrict the total calorie intake to below 1800 Kilo calories per day.
Swimming for half an hour to one hour daily is also equally good.
If he so wishes, he can add jogging or running at least 3 days per week.
You can get a complete diet chart prepared based on my general guidelines by a dietitian (You must inform the dietitian the target is 10 kilogram weight loss over one year, and the total daily calorie intake to not exceed 1800 Kilo calories).
I hope this information will be useful for you, I apologise for the delay in answering your query, I was off duty as it was weekend.
Please do not hesitate to write back to me if you have any doubts and please do update me about your husband's health now, did my suggestion help him?.
I wish your son all the very best, and I wish you and your husband continued good health.
Warm regards.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Thx a lot doctor for yr reply and thankful to u for yr concern towards my husband,
regarding my husband's health
1.He had a bad reaction by the tablet-LEVOQUIN-500
I.e,Insomnia,etching.
2.All other tablets worked well.Right now he has no vomitting,no burping,no headeche and no gastritis symptoms.
3.He is taking Sompraz D once in a day along with PAN-40,
regards,
Ms.Abhyanksr
regarding my husband's health
1.He had a bad reaction by the tablet-LEVOQUIN-500
I.e,Insomnia,etching.
2.All other tablets worked well.Right now he has no vomitting,no burping,no headeche and no gastritis symptoms.
3.He is taking Sompraz D once in a day along with PAN-40,
regards,
Ms.Abhyanksr
Dear doctor,
thx for reply and thx a lot for showing concern abt my husband's heakth.he took following medicines prescribed by you,
Levobact-500mg-this tablet had side effects such as insomnia,etching.
While rest of the tablets worked very well.
Right now he is taking Sompraz-D and PAN -40 ;
once in a day.
His vomitting,burping,gastritis has stopped,
He goes for a walk for 20/30min,in the night after dinner.
regards,
ms,
abhyankar
thx for reply and thx a lot for showing concern abt my husband's heakth.he took following medicines prescribed by you,
Levobact-500mg-this tablet had side effects such as insomnia,etching.
While rest of the tablets worked very well.
Right now he is taking Sompraz-D and PAN -40 ;
once in a day.
His vomitting,burping,gastritis has stopped,
He goes for a walk for 20/30min,in the night after dinner.
regards,
ms,
abhyankar
Brief Answer:
Very happy to know that your husband is doing good.
Detailed Answer:
Dear XXXXXXX
Thank you for writing back with updates about your husband's health, I am quite happy to know that my suggestions are helping him to stay in good health.
Some individuals are allergic to certain medicines, and your husband is allergic to Levofloxacin however, since he has taken other medicines, he should be fine.
Please follow my advice regarding your son's fitness, please do let me know if I can help you further.
Best wishes.
Very happy to know that your husband is doing good.
Detailed Answer:
Dear XXXXXXX
Thank you for writing back with updates about your husband's health, I am quite happy to know that my suggestions are helping him to stay in good health.
Some individuals are allergic to certain medicines, and your husband is allergic to Levofloxacin however, since he has taken other medicines, he should be fine.
Please follow my advice regarding your son's fitness, please do let me know if I can help you further.
Best wishes.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Dear Doctor,
As you said i will definately ask if to start with a physical activity.
1.as far as my son's diet is concern
he eats 6 chapatis in a whole day for 2 meals lunch and dinner.
he does not eat rice at all.
around 75/100 g vegetable in the morning, and about same quantity salad in the evening.
He consumes a glass of milk in the morning.
In the breakfast he takes a dish of poha/ upma/4-6 medium sized idlis with chutney/ omlet bread (one of them per day)
Half a glass buttermilk in the night.
Is this meal too much for gaining the weight?
Can you right now suggest some remedies regarding diet immediately before i go to dietition?
As you said i will definately ask if to start with a physical activity.
1.as far as my son's diet is concern
he eats 6 chapatis in a whole day for 2 meals lunch and dinner.
he does not eat rice at all.
around 75/100 g vegetable in the morning, and about same quantity salad in the evening.
He consumes a glass of milk in the morning.
In the breakfast he takes a dish of poha/ upma/4-6 medium sized idlis with chutney/ omlet bread (one of them per day)
Half a glass buttermilk in the night.
Is this meal too much for gaining the weight?
Can you right now suggest some remedies regarding diet immediately before i go to dietition?
Brief Answer:
Reduce 2 idlis and stop bread.
Detailed Answer:
Dear XXXXXXX
Thank you for writing back.
Your son needs to cut down 2 chapatis, 2 idlis or avoid idlis completely, and he needs to stop the bread completely.
Rest of the diet can continue.
Avoid potatoes in vegetables.
Decrease milk to half cup.
Increase green leafy vegetable quantity to 1/2 of everything he consumes.
The meal should be filling, but should be low in carbohydrates.
He needs to drink more water and also should start exercise as advised earlier.
I hope that answers your query.
Best wishes to your family.
Reduce 2 idlis and stop bread.
Detailed Answer:
Dear XXXXXXX
Thank you for writing back.
Your son needs to cut down 2 chapatis, 2 idlis or avoid idlis completely, and he needs to stop the bread completely.
Rest of the diet can continue.
Avoid potatoes in vegetables.
Decrease milk to half cup.
Increase green leafy vegetable quantity to 1/2 of everything he consumes.
The meal should be filling, but should be low in carbohydrates.
He needs to drink more water and also should start exercise as advised earlier.
I hope that answers your query.
Best wishes to your family.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Answered by
Get personalised answers from verified doctor in minutes across 80+ specialties
