Obesity

The Secret to Rapid and Permanent Weight Loss is a Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD) Protocol because it focuses on the disease of obesity and not just the symptoms. Additionally, this diet is:

• Safe
• Effective
• Medically Supervised

Obesity is a Disease

Second only to tobacco usage, obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death in the US. By utilizing the American Society of Bariatric Physician’s (ASBP) Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD) protocol, which is the most aggressive medically supervised weight loss program available, we can help you achieve rapid and permanent weight loss. Formed in 1950, the ASBP is part of the American Medical Association (AMA).
Obesity is now recognized as a chronic medical illness caused by abnormal chemistry, often inherited, and will never go away. Like any other disease, if you treat the symptoms (body fat) and ignore the illness (obesity), you will regain all of your weight.

The Definition of Obesity

Obesity is defined as an excess accumulation of body fat associated with increased fat cell size and number. The term overweight denotes excessive body weight relative to height. The most common medical assessment of obesity is the Body Mass Index (BMI). BMI is calculated based on body weight (measured in kilograms) divided by height (measured in meters squared).

Check your BMI and Associated Health Risk.

Why Check Your Body Composition?

The BMI measurement takes into account height and weight only. It does not take into account:

• Body Fat%
• Muscle Masse
• Total Body Water

Muscle Dictates Your Metabolism

Professionals use Body Composition analysis to measure increased risk for serious disease. Weight alone can be deceiving. It’s not your weight that necessarily dictates health risk; it’s your body fat that’s the culprit. Also, since muscle weighs more than fat and muscle dictates metabolism, a person can be overweight according to the BMI chart, but within normal fat limits.

How Does Obesity Cause Disease?

Almost every organ system is affected. Abdominal fat stores increase abnormal production of hormones and inflammation in fat, leading to multiple medical problems, like:

• High Blood Pressure
• Diabetes
• Stroke
• Heart Disease
• Arthritis
• High Cholesterol
• Sleep Apnea
• Certain Cancers

At Medical Weight Loss Centers, we achieve rapid and permanent weight loss utilizing the VLCD protocol and by continuing to treat the disease for life.