Your Community Determines Your Waistline
Why Buddy Systems Make the Difference
Did you know that your environment of friends greatly affects your health?
The influence of peer groups on obesity has been studied extensively, and the findings suggest that social networks play a significant role in shaping your pants size.
When people share similar habits related to diet, drinking alcohol, and physical activity, it can reinforce those behaviors and contribute to weight gain. On the other hand, having friends who engage in healthy behaviors can provide motivation and accountability for individuals working toward their weight loss goals.
Accountability plays a crucial role in weight loss and other goals like giving up sugar, alcohol, or bread. Regularly checking in on progress can help to overcome the bumps in forming new habits. Knowing that progress is being monitored can encourage maintaining a health plan. This is why so many thousands of people have maintained abstinence from alcohol, drugs, food or sex using the community of a 12 step program. All health journeys do come with challenges and setbacks.
Health coaches work to tailor to unique needs, preferences, and challenges. They develop personalized plans based on desired goals of each person. Coaches educate clients about nutrition, exercise, stress management, empowering individuals to make informed decisions about their health and develop the skills necessary to maintain long-term change.
Coaches help clients in setting realistic, achievable goals by identifying potential obstacles and customizing strategies to overcome them, creating confidence in their ability to succeed.
Health coaches utilize evidence-based behavior tools to help clients adopt and maintain healthy habits. Health coaching takes a holistic approach to health and wellness, addressing not only diet and exercise but also factors such as sleep, stress, relationships, hormone imbalances and self-care.
Overall, health coaching can be a powerful tool for individuals seeking to improve their health and well-being. By providing personalized support, accountability, education, and motivation, coaches empower clients to make positive changes that lead to lasting improvements in their health and quality of life.
During the transition of establishing better health habits, friend groups shift. Having the support of a nutritionist/ health coach can bridge the gap between leaving unhealthy friendships around food or alcohol, and creating newer relationships that align with goals to care for better health long term.
"If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you'll achieve the same results." Tony Robbins
For more information on studies conducted around the influence of friends and our health, visit the NIH website link below
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3407325/
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