Manhattan weight loss

Manhattan is a borough of New York City and is the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Overweight and obesity are caused not just by one thing, like large sugary drinks, but a complex array of factors including genetic, metabolic, and behavioral, social, environmental factors that lead to weight gain.

Hunters and gatherers
Fo thousands of years, food was scarce and humans needed to work hard physically to survive. As a survival strategy, our body cannot waste energy, even if they are from sources of empty calories, and stores this excess energy as fat or adipose tissue for future use.

Obesity in New York City
There has been a tremendous increase in the rate of overweight and obesity in New York state and in the city of New York. In fact, one in 5 New Yorkers were obese in New York in 2002, which increased to one in four in 2013, during the reign of mayor Bloomberg.

Our society's misunderstanding on the true causes of weight gain, especially the role of insulin resistance in causing metabolic starvation in the overweight and obese contributes to the problem of obesity.

Prevalence of Obesity in New York
Overweight and obesity are measured by a ratio of weight to height called Body Mass Index (BMI). Combined together, obesity and overweight affect about 57% of the population of New York City

Overweight and obesity prevalence among adult New Yorkers increased 36%, from 42% to 57% between 1990 and 2002 respectively. During this same 13-year time period, the proportion of NY adults who would be classified as obese (i.e., BMI greater than 30 kg/m 2) more than doubled, increasing from 10% to 21% as per the data from the New York department of health.

Manhattan obesity statistics
Prevalence rates are lowest in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City(10% to 14%) and highest (25% or higher) in Orleans, Genesee, St. Lawrence, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego, and Oneida counties of upstate NY. Hispanics have the highest prevalence of overweight (46%) of any ethnic group in NYS, while Blacks have the highest prevalence of obesity (30%). The prevalence of overweight and obesity in men is higher than women (65% vs. 49% respectively). However, the prevalence of obesity is higher among women compared to men (19% vs. 16% respectively). Based on measured height and weight (NHANES 1999-2004) the percentage of U.S. adults who are obese (30.4%) is more than double the Healthy People 2010 target level of 15% (Figure 3).

Children and obesity in New York
Increasing obesity rates are also affecting children and adolescents in the U.S. and NYS. The prevalence of obesity among children and teenagers in the U.S. has tripled in the past 20 to 30 years to 16.5% among children, aged 6-19 years, and doubled to 10.3% among preschool children, aged 2-5 years. Based on self-reported height and weight, the prevalence of high school students in New York City and upstate New York who are overweight or obese increased between 1999 and 2003.

High school students in NYC and obesity
Recent data indicate that 29.5% of high school students in New York City and 28.3% of high school students in upstate New York are overweight or obese. As in adults, minority youth are disproportionately affected by overweight and obesity. The rate of obesity was highest for Black teens (12.2%), followed by Hispanic teens (10.0%) and White teens (7.4%). Close to 20% of Hispanic teens and Black teens are overweight compared to 13% of White youth.

Elementary school children in NYC and obesity
The prevalence of obesity among elementary school children in NYS has also increased dramatically between 1988 and 2003-2004. Based on measured height and weight in 2003, 24% of elementary school children (grades K-5) in New York City were obese. In 2004, 21% of third grade school children in upstate New York were obese. These prevalence rates greatly exceed the prevalence reported for the U.S. (15.8%) in NHANES 1999-2002, and the Healthy People 2010 target of 5%. In both New York City and upstate NY, prevalence rates differed across racial/ethnic categories; Hispanics have the highest rates (29.3% and 31.1%), with rates for non-Hispanic Whites the lowest (18.7% and 15.9%), and rates for non-Hispanic Blacks in between (22.5% and 22.8%, respectively).

Low Public Recognition of Obesity as a Public Health Problem
In a recent poll of U.S. adults, half viewed obesity as a public health problem that society needs to solve, while half considered it a personal responsibility choice issue which in turn leads to blame the victim attitude that we commonly see?

Did we miss the bus on true causes of weight gain in New York?
According to Prab R. Tumpati, MD, a practicing weight loss doctor in New York City, the true causes of weight gain are completed missed by most government agencies as they fail to understand the role insulin resistance plays in causing weight gain.

Mayor Bloomberg's ban on sugary drinks
Misguided efforts from the city of New York, especially by its former mayor, Bloomberg, on banning large sugary drinks, although a small step in the right direction, puts the blame on one factor of many factors that cause weight gain.

Are sugary drinks causing weight gain in New York?
Despite the popular belief, the percentage of adults who drink one or more sugar-sweetened beverages a day dropped to 28 percent last year from 36 percent in 2007, according to the New York Health Department’s Take Care New York 2012 report. However, the obesity rate went up despite a drop in the use of sugary drinks which shows it is not just sugary drinks but a complex array of metabolic, environmental, genetic, and hormonal factors, the most important of which is insulin resistance that causes weight gain in New York City and elsewhere.

Causes of weight gain in Manhattan, New York
The top causes of weight gain in Manhattan, New York include the following:


 * Insulin resistance - use this free w8md medical weight loss centers of America's tool to check if you might be insulin resistant that causes your weight gain, especially in the tummy!


 * Eating disorders are a common cause of weight gain in Manhattan, New York and other parts of the United States.


 * Sleep disorders and weight gain are bidirectionally related where sleep problems lead to weight gain and weight gain in turn leads to sleep problems.


 * Nutritional deficiencies are an important cause of weight gain in Manhattan, New York.


 * Hormonal imbalances can also cause weight gain.


 * Stress related weight gain


 * Genetic factors for excess weight gain


 * Medication related weight gain


 * other causes for weight gain in Manhattan, New York

Weight loss options in New York City
In order to lose weight, understand the proven options to lose weight in New York including the following.


 * Low calorie diet (LCD), or Very low calorie diet (VLCD)


 * Weight loss medications - watch this youtube video on the review of the best weight loss medications for fast weight loss in New York.


 * [[Physical Activity] for weight loss] which only works in combination with diet as exercise on its own is shown to be pretty useless for weight loss since exercise stimulates appetite and builds heavier muscle tissue thereby negating any weight loss with calories burned. However, a combination of low calorie diet and exercise, or diet alone would work for weight loss but not exercise alone.


 * Correction of insulin resistance, metabolic, sleep and other causes for weight gain in Manhattan, New York for fast and effective weight loss.


 * Surgical options for losing weight such as the gastric bypass surgery can be an option for some to lose weight in Manhattan, New York although most might regain the weight even after surgery and a behavior weight loss program is still needed for long term weight loss success in Manhattan, New York.

New York City's insurance weight loss doctor
Dr. Prab R. Tumpati, is a board certified physician with experience and training in the field of obesity medicine in addition to training in sleep medicine and internal medicine. As the founder of WikiMD, and W8MD medical weight loss centers of America, Dr. Tumpati is familiar with the concepts, science, and art of weight loss medicine. Physicians practicing in Manhattan, New York interested in adding a W8MD medical weight loss program are welcome. Using telemedicine for weight loss for remote areas to provide obesity counseling and dietary, and weight loss coaching is a true miracle for many struggling to lose weight.

New York City weight loss clinic
W8MD medical weight loss centers of America is a physician supervised, non-surgical, evidence based weight loss and wellness program with offices in many states in the United States including New York. Our New York city weight loss clinic is at [Sleep Medical Associates sleep and W8MD insurance medical weight loss center of New York in Brooklyn at 2003, Bath Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. Phone 718 946 5500. We also offer a convenient telemedicine solution for losing weight for the tech savvy New Yorkers!

Physicians join W8MD network of weight loss physicians
W8MD welcomes Manhattan, New York physicians to join W8MD network of weight loss physicians and the unique W8MD medical weight loss centers of America's program at your medical office or clinic.

W8MD weight loss physicians understand the factors that lead to weight gain including hormonal(insulin resistance), social, environmental and genetic factors and work with each patient individually to help design a customized weight loss plan that suits their individual needs.

Insurances for weight in Manhattan, New York
As the 2010 health care law or Affordable Care Act, popularly called Obamacare, mandates health insurance coverage for obesity as it is considered a preventable medical problem. If you are a physician interested in adding a medical weight loss program, W8MD medical weight loss program welcomes other weight loss physicians to join W8MD network of weight loss physicians.

Diet for weight loss in Manhattan, New York
One of the best ways to lose weight in Manhattan, New York or other places safely and effectively is to consider a very low calorie diet of 800 calories with either complete or partial meal replacement using specially manufactured meal replacement weight loss supplements such as the vlcd diet from w8md medical weight loss centers of America. Understand the 5 clinically proven measures to lose weight in Philadelphia including low calorie and very low calorie diets.

Exercises for weight loss in Manhattan, New York
Although exercise and Physical Activity is important for losing weight fast in Manhattan, New York, it is important to understand it only works if used in combination with a reduced calorie diet for weight loss. Research shows that for ]-and-weight-loss/ weight loss, exercise] alone is not a very useful tool for weight loss as exercise has a stimulating effect on weight loss, and it builds heavier muscle thereby compensating for any weight loss with burning of calories with exercise. Understand the role of [[exercise] for weight loss] in this youtube video from 52 weeks of weight loss and wellness video series.

Before and after weight loss pictures Manhattan, New York
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Videos for weight loss Manhattan, New York
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Fast weight loss options Manhattan, New York
These are the fast and effective weight loss options for losing weight in Manhattan, New York.

1. FDA approved weight loss medications

2.Very low calorie diets

3. Exercise for weight loss

4. Correction of metabolic causes of weight gain

5. Bariatric surgery for weight loss

Telemedicine for weight loss
With advances in technology, telemedicine can be used to help patients lose weight and is available via W8MD medical weight loss centers of America with certain limitations. Weight loss appointments

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