Here are 5 simple and easy steps to lose weight. Understanding why you may be gaining weight is the key to lose weight. For most people, the cause of weight gain is not overeating but metabolic factors such as insulin resistance.

1. W8MD’s weight
loss and wellness
As the United States and the rest
of world fight an epidemic of
obesity, let us look at what causes
our weight gain and how to fight it.
Introducing W8MD’S…
FIVE STEPS FOR
EASY WEIGHT LOSS
& WELLNESS

2. INTRODUCTION
Eating and physical activity habits that are focused on good nutrition,
making informed, healthy food choices, and being physically
active can help people attain and maintain a healthy weight,
reduce their risk of chronic diseases, and promote overall health!
PRAB R TUMPATI, MD
OBESITY MEDICINE, SLEEP AND INTERNAL MEDICINE
FOUNDER, W8MD MEDICAL WEIGHT LOSS CENTERS

3. How did we get here?

4. How did we get here?
Poor diet and physical inactivity are the
most important factors contributing to
an epidemic of overweight and obesity
affecting men, women, and children in
all segments of our society.
Even in the absence of overweight,
poor diet and physical inactivity are
associated with major causes of
morbidity and mortality

5. Alarming statistics
According to the CDC, about 35.4
percent of the population are obese
and another 34 percent are in the
obese category – a staggering 70
percent overweight or obese!

6. Many Americans consume
less than optimal intake of
certain nutrients even
though they have adequate
resources for a healthy diet.

7. To curb the obesity epidemic
and improve their health,
many Americans must
decrease the calories they
consume and increase the
calories they expend through
physical activity

8. Understand Nutrition
A healthy eating pattern limits intake of
sodium, solid fats, added sugars, and
refined grains (check glycemic index) and
emphasizes nutrient-dense foods and
beverages—vegetables, fruits, whole grains,
milk and milk products, seafood, lean meats
and poultry, eggs, beans and peas, and nuts
and seeds!

10. 5
WHERE TO
START?

11. CHECK BMI
Body mass index (BMI)
Underweight = <18.5
Normal weight = 18.5–24.9
Overweight = 25–29.9
Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater

12. 1
Understand
Your Body
and
Food

13. Causes of
weight gain
Understand the complex metabolic,
nutritional, sleep, environmental,
genetic factors for weight gain, the
most important of which is insulin
resistance that causes tummy fat and
increased inflammation!

14. Are you insulin resistant?
Up to 71 percent of the population in
the United States gain weight,
especially in the upper part of the
body due to insulin resistance.

15. 2
CHANGE
ANDMOVE

16. Change eating habits
Select a healthy eating
pattern that includes
nutrient-dense, low
glycemic load foods and
beverages that meets
nutrient requirements

17. Start moving
Increase physical activity and
reduce time spent in sedentary
behaviors
Understand that exercise alone is
not very useful for weight loss
but in combination with a low
calorie diet, it does help!

18. 3
TIME TO
PROFESSIONAL

19. When to seek help?
If you have belly or upper body
weight, or have trouble losing
weight, you may want to seek help
from trained obesity medicine
physicians that can help you lose
weight, reverse insulin resistance,
correct nutritional, hormonal, and
other factors causing weight gain!

20. 4
SET A GOAL TO
FAST & SAFE!

21. What is a reasonable
weight loss goal?
Set a goal for losing 10
percent of your body
weight initially!

22. Proven measures for
weight loss!
1. A low or very low calorie diet (VLCD or LCD)
2. Correction of metabolic and other factors
causing weight gain such as insulin
resistance, food cravings, nutritional
deficiencies etc.
3. Regular physical activity
4. Appetite suppressant medications when
appropriate
5. Weight loss surgery in select patients

23. 5
CULTIVATE

24. > Closing

25. Questions?
If you have any questions,
you can email us at
Info at w8md dot com

26. A W8MD PRESENTATION
EAT WELL, LOSE WEIGHT, LIVE LONGER
If you have metabolic weight
in the tummy or upper part
of the body, or insulin
resistant, prediabetic or
have diabetes, you may
want to consult with a
physician trained in
metabolic or obesity
medicine such as the
W8MD physicians.

27. Credits and references
Nutrition and dietary guiidelines 2010 from US
depart of health
Nutrition and physical degeneration by Weston
Price
Cereal grains, humanities double edged sword
by Loraine Cordan

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