COPD and Diet: Avoiding Weight Loss and Staying Healthier

COPD and Your Diet

In this article

• 3 Reasons Why a Healthy COPD Diet Is Important
• A Diet for COPD
• Make Eating Easier With COPD
• How to Monitor Your Weight With COPD

How to Monitor Your Weight With COPD

To help monitor and maintain a healthy weight if you have COPD:

• Weigh yourself once or twice a week, or as often as your doctor suggests. If you take water pills, called diuretics, you should weigh yourself every day.
• Contact your doctor if you gain or lose 2 pounds in one day or 5 pounds in one week.
• Make changes in your diet under the guidance of a health care provider.
• If you need to lose weight, ask about special exercises that may also strengthen your chest muscles.