OBESITY: DANGERS AND PRACTICAL METHODS OF CONTROL

I was struck by the annual Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index survey released this week, which tracks respondents' self-reported height and weight data, revealed that its tracked national obesity rate has risen to 27.7 percent — up from 25.5 in 2008. Mississippi has the highest obesity rate at 35.2 percent, while Hawaii is the only state where fewer than 1 in 5 residents are obese. And for the first time since 2008, there has been a sharp increase in the number of obese Americans ages 65 and older.

Obesity has therefore become a growing worry and challenge to people who are prone to it. If you are obsessed or your loved one is obsessed, these practical guide will help her control it speedily.

Diet:

It is often said that we are what we eat. Therefore most of our diet affect our body mechanism and increases the risk of obsessed. To control this you need to learn about good diet and certain foods that you must avoid.

• Fatigue
• Boredom
• Stress or anxiety
• Feeling happy or wanting to celebrate
• Eating too fast
• Eating mindlessly, or without paying attention to what you're eating
• Eating to please someone else or to fit in with a social group
• Trying to follow a too-strict diet
• Going too long between meals and getting overly hungry

Exercise

Technology has made life easy for us that it has become our enemy in disguise. When you sit and engage in sedentatary activities like watching TV, you do not exercise your body. Sequel to this, the energy that the carbohydrate generates in your remains unused, and helps in making you fatter. To speedly get control of obesity, you must ensure that you exercise your body properly.

Set Goals

To lose is worthwhile task and therefore you must set goal and time yourself accordingly. The following are generally considered realistic goals:

• Aim to lose 5 to 10 percent of your body weight over six months.
• Lose weight slowly, at a rate of no more than 1 to 2 pounds a week.
• Once you've lost 10 percent of your body weight, focus your efforts on keeping it off before attempting further weight loss.

Medication/surgery

Even though medication should be the last resort, if you want to use medication, we need to let you know that Only a few prescription drugs are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the long-term treatment of obesity.

These drugs include:

• Belviq (lorcaserin)
• Contrave (naltrexone/bupropion)
• Qsymia (phentermine/topiramate)
• Xenical (orlistat, also available as a lower-dose, over-the-counter product called Alli)

Xenical is approved for use in adolescents and adults; the other three drugs are approved for use in adults only.

Each of these drugs works differently and has different side effects. Choosing which to try is a decision best made with input from your doctor.

The average amount of weight lost as a consequence of using one of these drugs ranges from 3 to 9 percent of body weight.

In studies, use of Qsymia results in more weight loss than any of the other three.

In all cases, weight-loss medications are intended to be used along with a reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity, and their effects stop when the drug is stopped.

Some other weight-loss drugs are approved for short-term use, but their usefulness is limited, because most people regain the weight they lost when they stop using the drugs