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Richmond county, New York, comprising primarily of the borough of Staten island (one of the 5 boroughs of New York City) has an adult overweight and obesity rate of 64.9 percent while the city of New York has an overall obesity rate of 59.2% in 2009. Of the 5 boroughs, only Bronx has a worse rate of being overweight or obese.

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Obesity and overweight statistics for adults and children in Richmond county, New York

OObesity Indicator 3 Year Total County Obesity Rate New York State Obesity Rate Sig.Dif. NYS Rate exc NYC Sig.Dif. "County Ranking
Group
All students (elementary - PreK, K, 2nd and 4th grades, middle - 7th grade and high school - 10th grade)
% overweight but not obese (85th-less than 95th percentile) # N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
% obese (95th percentile or higher) # N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
% overweight or obese (85th percentile or higher) # N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Elementary students (PreK, K, 2nd and 4th grades)
% overweight but not obese (85th-less than 95th percentile) # N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
% obese (95th percentile or higher ) # N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
% overweight or obese (85th percentile or higher) # N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Middle and high school students (7th and 10th grades)
% overweight but not obese (85th-less than 95th percentile) # N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
% obese (95th percentile or higher ) # N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
% overweight or obese (85th percentile or higher) # N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
% of pregnant women in WIC who were pre-pregnancy overweight but not obese (BMI 25-less than 30) 1,882 28.5 26.6 Yes 26.7 Yes 4th
% of pregnant women in WIC who were pre-pregnancy obese (BMI 30 or higher) 1,638 24.8 24.2 No 21.4 Yes 1st
% obese (95th percentile or higher) children in WIC (aged 2-4 years) 1,681 16.9 14.4 Yes 13.8 Yes 4th
% of children in WIC viewing TV 2 hours or less per day (aged 2-4 years) (2009-2011) 6,834 61.6 79.1 Yes 77.9 Yes 1st
% of WIC mothers breastfeeding at 6 months (2009-2011) 1,438 36.4 38.3 Yes 46.2 Yes 1st
Age-adjusted % of adults overweight or obese (BMI 25 or higher) (2008-2009) N/A 64.9 59.3 No 57.9 No 3rd
Age-adjusted % of adults obese (BMI 30 or higher) (2008-2009) N/A 26.6 23.1 No 22.6 No 2nd
Age-adjusted % of adults who did not participate in leisure time physical activity in last 30 days (2008-2009) N/A 70.2 76.3 No 72.7 No 1st
Age-adjusted % of adults eating 5 or more fruits or vegetables per day (2008-2009) N/A 10.0 27.1 Yes 9.4 No 4th
Age-adjusted % of adults with physician diagnosed diabetes (2008-2009) N/A 8.5 9.0 No 9.7 No 2nd
Age-adjusted % of adults with physician diagnosed angina, heart attack or stroke # (2008-2009) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Age-adjusted mortality rate per 100,000
Cardiovascular disease mortality (2009-2011) 4,531 302.4 242.3 Yes 249.3 Yes 4th
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality (2009-2011) 241 16.1 26.9 Yes 19.3 Yes 1st
Diabetes mortality (2009-2011) 319 21.0 17.0 Yes 20.1 Yes 3rd
Age-adjusted hospitalization rate per 100,000
Cardiovascular disease hospitalizations (2009-2011) 26,405 171.6 159.9 Yes 173.6 No 4th
Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) hospitalizations (2009-2011) 3,879 25.3 24.9 No 24.7 No 3rd
Diabetes hospitalizations (primary diagnosis) (2009-2011) 3,122 20.3 18.8 Yes 25.6 Yes 4th

Source: NY department of health.

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The outdated and ineffective food guide pyramid, promoting a low-fat but high-glycemic diet, significantly contributed to increased insulin resistance and, consequently, weight gain.

Insulin resistance and weight gain

Insulin resistance is a physiological condition where the body's cells become less responsive to the hormone insulin. As insulin not only controls the blood sugar, it also controls the weight! Reducing the overall carbohydrate load and insulin levels is a key underlying concept in many low carbohydrate diets such as the ketogenic diet.

The Blame Game in Obesity

Understanding metabolic starvation

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Causes of weight gain in Richmond County, New York

The top causes of weight gain in Richmond County, 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!
  • 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 Richmond County, New York.

Weight loss options in Richmond County, New York

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  • 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.

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Diet for weight loss in Richmond County, New York

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Exercises for weight loss in Richmond County, New York

Although exercise and Physical Activity is important for losing weight fast in Richmond County, 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 exercise-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.

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Fast weight loss options Richmond County, New York

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2.Very low calorie diets

3. Exercise for weight loss

4. Correction of metabolic causes of weight gain

5. Bariatric surgery for weight loss

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Most populous counties

These are the ten counties with the largest populations as of 2010.

  1. Kings County (Brooklyn): 2,504,700
  2. Queens County (Queens): 2,230,722
  3. New York County (Manhattan): 1,585,873
  4. Suffolk County: 1,493,350
  5. Bronx County (the Bronx): 1,385,108
  6. Nassau County: 1,339,532
  7. Westchester County: 949,113
  8. Erie County: 919,040
  9. Monroe County: 744,344
  10. Richmond County (Staten Island): 468,730
  11. Rockland County: 311,687

Cities and metropolitan areas

The largest city in the state of New York and the most populous city in the United States is New York City, which comprises five counties (boroughs): Bronx, New York (Manhattan), Queens, Kings (Brooklyn), and Richmond (Staten Island). New York City is home to more than two-fifths of the state's population. Albany, the sixth-largest city, is the state capital.

Cities of New York with population and how to lose weight

  1. New York City weight loss (population of 19,831,858 in the metro New York area.
  2. Buffalo-Niagara Falls weight loss (population of 1,135,509)
  3. Rochester weight loss (population of 1,054,323)
  4. Albany weight loss (870,716)
  5. Poughkeepsie and the Hudson Valley weight loss (population of 670,301)
  6. Syracuse (662,577)
  7. Utica-Rome weight loss (population of 299,397)
  8. Binghamton weight loss (population of 251,725)
  9. Kingston weight loss (population of 182,493)
  10. Glens Falls weight loss (population of 128,923)

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