1) Obesity has reached
mammoth proportions in the United States
2) Obesity is a growing epidemic in
America that affects almost two-thirds of the population.
3) Medical expert recognize obesity
as a serious medical condition and one of the leading causes
of American mortalities
4) Obesity is considered a serious
medical problem associated with chronic to terminal illnesses
– including diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure.
5) A shorter life span is attributed
to being overweight or obese.
6) Being overweight or obese not only
affects one’s state of mind but their financial life as well.
Clothes, transportation and insurance co-payments are generally
more expensive.
7) Obesity not only impacts an individual’s
physical well-being but affects one’s psychological and social
well-being.
8) Non-surgical weight loss programs
usually render short-term results.
9) Most diets offer an average weight
loss range between five and 10 percent of an individual’s excess
weight. Losing 20 pounds is a normal weight loss.
10) According to medical experts, ninety-five
percent of obese patients will regain weight after following
diet within four years.
11) According to various weight loss
specialists, surgical weight loss represents a significantly
higher success in terms of number of pounds lost and the long-term
benefits.
12) Weight loss surgery is prescribed
for the morbidly obese because it offers more permanent to long-term
weight loss results
13) An efficacious weight loss surgery
provides a minimum of ten years of success
14) There is a 60 percent success rate
amongst weight loss surgery patients -- maintaining their new
body.
15) Even though weight loss surgery
is not recommended for all overweight people, it represents
a vital role weight loss and the prevention of chronic medical
conditions associated with being overweight and obese. |
