Florida weight loss

Florida is a state in the South Eastern part of the United States and is nick named as the sun shine state. As per 2010 census, Florida has an an estimated total population of 18,801,310 of which adults age 18 and over comprise of 78.7%. Florida has significant proportion of it's population overweight or obese although its average is slightly below that of the nation.

Adult Overweight and Obesity Overweight and Obesity in Florida

 * 64.2% were overweight, with a Body Mass Index of 25 or greater.


 * 26.0% were obese, with a Body Mass Index of 30 or greater

Dietary Behaviors

 * 33.3% of adults reported having consumed fruits at the recommended level of 2 or more times per day.


 * 28.3% of adults reported having consumed vegetables at the recommended level of 3 or more times per day.

Physical Activity

 * 44.3% of adults achieved at least 300 minutes a week of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity or 150 minutes a week of vigorous-intensity aerobic activity (or an equivalent combination).


 * 23.6% of Florida’s adults reported that during the past month, they had not participated in any physical activity.

Adolescent Overweight and Obesity Overweight and Obesity

 * 14.7% were overweight (≥ 85th and < 95th percentiles for BMI by age and sex, based on reference data).


 * 10.3% were obese (≥95th percentile BMI by age and sex, based on reference data).

Unhealthy Dietary Behaviors

 * Fruit consumption: 67.2% ate fruits or drank 100% fruit juice less than 2 times per day during the 7 days before the survey (100% fruit juice or fruit).


 * Vegetable consumption: 87.1% ate vegetables less than 3 times per day during the 7 days before the survey (green salad; potatoes, excluding French fries, fried potatoes, or potato chips; carrots; or other vegetables). * Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption: 24.6% drank a can, bottle, or glass of soda or pop (not including diet soda or diet pop) at least one time per day during the 7 days before the survey.

Physical Activity
Achieved recommended level of activity


 * Only 24.7% were physically active for a total of at least 60 minutes per day on each of the 7 days prior to the survey.


 * Participated in daily physical education: 26.7% of adolescents attended daily physical education classes in an average week (when they were in school). Physical Inactivity(6)


 * No activity: 19.7% did not participate in at least 60 minutes of physical activity on any day during the 7 days prior to the survey.


 * Television viewing time: 38.2% watched television 3 or more hours per day on an average school day.

Florida obesity rate by county

 * Florida||Alachua County Obesity||25.3||25.3||25.2||25.2
 * Florida||Baker County Obesity||37.9||37.5||35.4||35.1
 * Florida||Bay County Obesity||29.9||29.9||27.2||26.9
 * Florida||Bradford County Obesity||37||36.6||33.9||34.2
 * Florida||Brevard County Obesity||30.6||30.5||26.4||26.7
 * Florida||Broward County Obesity||26.8||26.3||21.6||21.4
 * Florida||Calhoun County Obesity||36.7||36.6||35.4||35.9
 * Florida||Charlotte County Obesity||27.5||28.2||24.2||24.2
 * Florida||Citrus County Obesity||31.1||32.2||27.8||28.4
 * Florida||Clay County Obesity||30.5||30||26.1||25.7
 * Florida||Collier County Obesity||23.6||24||18.4||18.6
 * Florida||Columbia County Obesity||36.7||36.8||33||33
 * Florida||DeSoto County Obesity||35||35.3||33.7||34.1
 * Florida||Dixie County Obesity||37.7||37.7||33.2||33.6
 * Florida||Duval County Obesity||29.3||28.9||27.5||27.4
 * Florida||Escambia County Obesity||30.6||30.5||29.5||29.6
 * Florida||Flagler County Obesity||30.5||30.9||26.4||26.5
 * Florida||Franklin County Obesity||27.5||27.5||24.1||23.7
 * Florida||Gadsden County Obesity||34||34.1||40.1||40.2
 * Florida||Gilchrist County Obesity||33.7||33.7||30.3||30.3
 * Florida||Glades County Obesity||36.5||37.3||34.1||35.3
 * Florida||Gulf County Obesity||31.9||31.7||29.7||30.1
 * Florida||Hamilton County Obesity||38.3||37.9||35.7||35.8
 * Florida||Hardee County Obesity||38.9||38.8||34.5||34.8
 * Florida||Hendry County Obesity||34.5||34.4||34.3||34.3
 * Florida||Hernando County Obesity||30.8||31.8||26.9||27.3
 * Florida||Highlands County Obesity||31.6||32.8||28.8||30.5
 * Florida||Hillsborough County Obesity||28||27.6||25.6||25.4
 * Florida||Holmes County Obesity||31.5||31.4||29.6||29.5
 * Florida||Indian River County Obesity||23.7||24.1||20.1||20.9
 * Florida||Jackson County Obesity||34.1||33.9||33.8||33.7
 * Florida||Jefferson County Obesity||34.7||34.5||35.6||36
 * Florida||Lafayette County Obesity||36.4||35.9||31.6||32.1
 * Florida||Lake County Obesity||32.1||32.9||26.3||26.8
 * Florida||Lee County Obesity||28.5||29.5||23.5||24.2
 * Florida||Leon County Obesity||29.1||28.9||27.4||27.3
 * Florida||Levy County Obesity||35.4||35.3||32.1||32.2
 * Florida||Liberty County Obesity||37||36.4||33.4||33.2
 * Florida||Madison County Obesity||35.9||35.6||36.8||37
 * Florida||Manatee County Obesity||27.1||27.4||23.3||23.7
 * Florida||Marion County Obesity||32.9||34.4||30.4||31.5
 * Florida||Martin County Obesity||22.3||22.7||18||18.3
 * Florida||Miami-Dade County Obesity||24.1||23.8||19.7||19.5
 * Florida||Monroe County Obesity||20.7||20.3||16.8||16.6
 * Florida||Nassau County Obesity||29.8||29.6||25.9||25.7
 * Florida||Okaloosa County Obesity||30.3||30.1||26.8||26.6
 * Florida||Okeechobee County Obesity||33||33.2||30.1||30.4
 * Florida||Orange County Obesity||26.8||26.6||24.6||24.5
 * Florida||Osceola County Obesity||30.3||30||27.7||27.5
 * Florida||Palm Beach County Obesity||24.3||24.4||20.7||21.2
 * Florida||Pasco County Obesity||30.2||30.5||27||27.4
 * Florida||Pinellas County Obesity||25.6||25.5||22.2||22.2
 * Florida||Polk County Obesity||32.9||33.2||31.4||31.8
 * Florida||Putnam County Obesity||34.8||34.9||32.7||32.8
 * Florida||St. Johns County Obesity||25.2||24.9||20.3||20
 * Florida||St. Lucie County Obesity||30.3||30.6||27.2||27.6
 * Florida||Santa Rosa County Obesity||30.3||30.1||25.7||25.5
 * Florida||Sarasota County Obesity||23.5||24.1||17.3||17.2
 * Florida||Seminole County Obesity||27.3||26.8||22.7||22.3
 * Florida||Sumter County Obesity||29.9||31.6||26.1||27.6
 * Florida||Suwannee County Obesity||32.3||32.5||29.7||29.8
 * Florida||Taylor County Obesity||37.3||36.9||34||34.3
 * Florida||Union County Obesity||38.8||38||36.3||35.9
 * Florida||Volusia County Obesity||27.9||28||23.8||24.3
 * Florida||Wakulla County Obesity||38.1||37.6||33.9||33.4
 * Florida||Walton County Obesity||28.5||28.4||24.9||24.9
 * Florida||Washington County Obesity||37.6||37.5||35||35.1
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 * Florida||Lee County Obesity||28.5||29.5||23.5||24.2
 * Florida||Leon County Obesity||29.1||28.9||27.4||27.3
 * Florida||Levy County Obesity||35.4||35.3||32.1||32.2
 * Florida||Liberty County Obesity||37||36.4||33.4||33.2
 * Florida||Madison County Obesity||35.9||35.6||36.8||37
 * Florida||Manatee County Obesity||27.1||27.4||23.3||23.7
 * Florida||Marion County Obesity||32.9||34.4||30.4||31.5
 * Florida||Martin County Obesity||22.3||22.7||18||18.3
 * Florida||Miami-Dade County Obesity||24.1||23.8||19.7||19.5
 * Florida||Monroe County Obesity||20.7||20.3||16.8||16.6
 * Florida||Nassau County Obesity||29.8||29.6||25.9||25.7
 * Florida||Okaloosa County Obesity||30.3||30.1||26.8||26.6
 * Florida||Okeechobee County Obesity||33||33.2||30.1||30.4
 * Florida||Orange County Obesity||26.8||26.6||24.6||24.5
 * Florida||Osceola County Obesity||30.3||30||27.7||27.5
 * Florida||Palm Beach County Obesity||24.3||24.4||20.7||21.2
 * Florida||Pasco County Obesity||30.2||30.5||27||27.4
 * Florida||Pinellas County Obesity||25.6||25.5||22.2||22.2
 * Florida||Polk County Obesity||32.9||33.2||31.4||31.8
 * Florida||Putnam County Obesity||34.8||34.9||32.7||32.8
 * Florida||St. Johns County Obesity||25.2||24.9||20.3||20
 * Florida||St. Lucie County Obesity||30.3||30.6||27.2||27.6
 * Florida||Santa Rosa County Obesity||30.3||30.1||25.7||25.5
 * Florida||Sarasota County Obesity||23.5||24.1||17.3||17.2
 * Florida||Seminole County Obesity||27.3||26.8||22.7||22.3
 * Florida||Sumter County Obesity||29.9||31.6||26.1||27.6
 * Florida||Suwannee County Obesity||32.3||32.5||29.7||29.8
 * Florida||Taylor County Obesity||37.3||36.9||34||34.3
 * Florida||Union County Obesity||38.8||38||36.3||35.9
 * Florida||Volusia County Obesity||27.9||28||23.8||24.3
 * Florida||Wakulla County Obesity||38.1||37.6||33.9||33.4
 * Florida||Walton County Obesity||28.5||28.4||24.9||24.9
 * Florida||Washington County Obesity||37.6||37.5||35||35.1
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 * Florida||Pinellas County Obesity||25.6||25.5||22.2||22.2
 * Florida||Polk County Obesity||32.9||33.2||31.4||31.8
 * Florida||Putnam County Obesity||34.8||34.9||32.7||32.8
 * Florida||St. Johns County Obesity||25.2||24.9||20.3||20
 * Florida||St. Lucie County Obesity||30.3||30.6||27.2||27.6
 * Florida||Santa Rosa County Obesity||30.3||30.1||25.7||25.5
 * Florida||Sarasota County Obesity||23.5||24.1||17.3||17.2
 * Florida||Seminole County Obesity||27.3||26.8||22.7||22.3
 * Florida||Sumter County Obesity||29.9||31.6||26.1||27.6
 * Florida||Suwannee County Obesity||32.3||32.5||29.7||29.8
 * Florida||Taylor County Obesity||37.3||36.9||34||34.3
 * Florida||Union County Obesity||38.8||38||36.3||35.9
 * Florida||Volusia County Obesity||27.9||28||23.8||24.3
 * Florida||Wakulla County Obesity||38.1||37.6||33.9||33.4
 * Florida||Walton County Obesity||28.5||28.4||24.9||24.9
 * Florida||Washington County Obesity||37.6||37.5||35||35.1
 * }
 * Florida||Sumter County Obesity||29.9||31.6||26.1||27.6
 * Florida||Suwannee County Obesity||32.3||32.5||29.7||29.8
 * Florida||Taylor County Obesity||37.3||36.9||34||34.3
 * Florida||Union County Obesity||38.8||38||36.3||35.9
 * Florida||Volusia County Obesity||27.9||28||23.8||24.3
 * Florida||Wakulla County Obesity||38.1||37.6||33.9||33.4
 * Florida||Walton County Obesity||28.5||28.4||24.9||24.9
 * Florida||Washington County Obesity||37.6||37.5||35||35.1
 * }
 * Florida||Wakulla County Obesity||38.1||37.6||33.9||33.4
 * Florida||Walton County Obesity||28.5||28.4||24.9||24.9
 * Florida||Washington County Obesity||37.6||37.5||35||35.1
 * }
 * Florida||Washington County Obesity||37.6||37.5||35||35.1
 * }
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Causes of weight gain in Florida
The top causes of weight gain in Florida 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 Florida 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 Florida.


 * 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 Florida

Weight loss options in Florida
In order to lose weightt, understand the proven options to lose weight in Florida 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 Florida


 * 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 Florida for fast and effective weight loss.


 * Surgical options for weight loss such as the gastric bypass surgery can be an option for some to lose weight in Florida 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 Florida.

Florida 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 Florida 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.

Florida weight loss clinics
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Lose weight in Florida from home
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Insurances for weight
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Diet for weight loss in Florida
One of the best ways to lose weight in Florida 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 Florida
Although exercise and physical activity is important for losing weight fast in Florida, it is important to understand it only works if used in combination with a reduced calorie diet for weight loss. Research shows that for 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 Florida
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Videos for weight loss Florida
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Fast weight loss options Florida
These are the fast and effective weight loss options for losing weight in Florida.

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

Also see


 * obesity in United States
 * County obesity rates United States
 * Obesity
 * Overweight
 * Causes of weight gain
 * Metabolic syndrome
 * Proven measures for losing weight
 * Qsymia
 * Belviq