Conversations about weight can be hard and our society has not been kind to people suffering from obesity. However, in order to work towards healthy goals, talking about our issues is the first place to start. It’s critical that we break the cycle and shift perceptions now…but how? It starts with essentially “flipping the script”… Read more »
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The Top Tips for Weight Loss in 2023
Whether we’re heading into the holiday season, getting ready for an event, or just trying to stay healthy, everyone has the desire to lose weight at some point in time. And on top of that, people in the United States are starting to smarten up about healthy choices. In fact, by 2020, Americans who were… Read more »
The Most Accurate Methods to Calculate Your Body Fat Percentage
To maintain a proper weight and good health, it’s important to keep close track of your body fat. Over the years, there have been countless ways to measure this metric; differing in cost, accuracy, and execution. It all started in 1832 when a social scientist was looking for a way to explain the differences in… Read more »
Battle Obesity with these Weight Loss Tips That Really Work
Obesity is still a big problem in America. In fact, 19 states have adult obesity rates over 35%, up from 16 states last year. It’s easy to tell someone to change their diet or start an exercise regime, but accomplishing that is a lot harder than it looks. Especially when people live incredibly busy lives,… Read more »
3 Diets That Reduce the Risk of Chronic Disease
Eating healthy and maintaining the proper diet is just as important for preventing disease, as it is for losing weight. In fact, nutrition and health are closely related. The more you pay attention to what goes into your body, the less likely things will malfunction down the road. This can be a tough egg to… Read more »
Weight Loss Tips for Midnight Snackers
If you’re looking to lose weight, eating at night will impede your progress. Midnight snacking has been shown to have a negative impact on both your health and body composition. For some people, the compulsion to eat late is a disorder known as Night Eating Syndrome (NES) and is a very tough pattern to break…. Read more »
Top 5 Reasons to Lose 5%
According to an article by the National Institute of Health (NIT), people classified as obese (BMI greater than 30%) can experience many benefits by reducing their weight by as little as 5%. This is great news for the over 1 in 3 Americans who fall into this category, and feel the effects of obesity on… Read more »
Obesity and Genetics
Do genes determine one’s risk of becoming obese? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), they may play a role. Although the CDC is quick to point out that genes are not responsible for the current obesity epidemic occurring in the United States, where over one-third of the population is classified as… Read more »
Reduce Cancer Risk With a Healthy Diet
Many of us know that being overweight is a risk factor in developing diseases such as diabetes and heart disease, but a recent article in Science Daily states that diet and obesity can also be linked to approximately one-third of cancer cases. It concludes that those who are obese are more prone to certain cancers… Read more »
What Is Lomaira™
Lomaira is a low dose of the #1 prescribed medicine for weight loss for nearly 60 years. Lomaira is for adults with a BMI* of 30 or more or 27 or more with at least one weight-related condition, such as controlled high blood pressure, diabetes, or high cholesterol. The limited usefulness of this drug class… Read more »