2WEIGHT MANAGEMENT
1. Identifying and discussing causes of obesity in Dave
Dave, a 51 years old truck driver smokes forty cigarettes daily. He became
overweight due to his lifestyle. He lives on the ready to eat meals and buy those meals and
snacks at motorway. He has no physical activity. These reasons have led toward obesity.
Truck drivers have hectic life that is associated with short sleep, which creates anxiety and
stress among them (Olson et al. 2016). Truck drivers do not have any particular shifts to
work. Moreover, truck drivers are habituated to spend a sedentary lifestyle with poor dietary
habit same as Dave. Obesity can lead towards cardiopathy, hypertension and diabetes. In such
case, being a registered nutritionist it is necessary to calculate body mass index with the help
of weight and height (van der Valk et al. 2019). Studies have shown that short sleep is
associated with obesity and cigarette smoking is injurious for obese patients. Due to obesity
blood vessels become thick as fat deposition occurs; in such case, cigarette smoking increase
blood pressure.
As Dave is a chain smoker and also an obese person, he is at high risk of being
affected by hypertension and heart attack. The ready to eat foods, which Dave takes is high in
calorie and is unhygienic for health. This result increases overall mortality. According to
Joslyn and Haider-Markel (2019), obesity is more prevalent among truck drivers in
comparison to general population. The lifestyle and health behaviour of truck drivers have a
strong impact on metabolism, body composition and energy balance. Short sleep has an
impact on appetite regulation and carbohydrate metabolism Healthy lifestyle has a strong
relationship with dietary habit and moderate physical activity with proper sleep (Alston and
Okrent 2017). As Dave takes fast foods along with fried and fatty foods the calorie intake
increases than the recommended guideline. In such case, it is necessary to calculate the daily
energy requirement of an individual and guide the person carefully.

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