Losing weight

If you are overweight or obese, you may be interested in losing weight.

How do you find the right information with so much confusing information on the Internet, you maybe wondering what really works and what does not work for weight loss?

WikiMD's information on weight loss is moderated by a practicing weight loss physician and unlike the many sources of inaccurate and misleading information, WikiMD provides more reliable and latest evidence based information and science and the art of weight loss.

Stop blaming the victim or yourself for your weight gain

What went wrong with our diet? Instead of blaming the victim for obesity, or yourself for obesity, it is important to understand what drives the weight gain, such as insulin resistance that affects up to 71 percent of the entire population out of which 35 percent already have metabolic syndrome. Confusing choices With over 20,000 books written on this topic with so much misleading information, let a trained practicing weight loss physician, Dr Prab R. Tumpati,MD educate you on the true science and art of obesity medicine. Why the food pyramid failed? The now withdrawn and failed food guide pyramid was a disaster as it advocated a low fat, but glycemic diet that leads to increased risk of insulin resistance which in turn causes weight gain. Metabolic starvation in the obese Most people that gain weight are not on a mission to gain weight intentionally. It is the paradoxical metabolic starvation that happens in the obese due to insulin resistance with a compensatory increase in the anabolic hormone called insulin that drives weight gain, hunger and metabolic starvation leading to food cravings, and weight gain! 3 things wrong with our diet | How insulin resistance causes weight gain? | Causes of weight gain | Skin tags and insulin resistance | Sugar rush and crash | How to lose weight? | Weight loss information

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Keeping a healthy weight is crucial. If you are underweight, overweight, or obese, you may have a higher risk of certain health problems.

About two thirds of adults in the U.S. are overweight or obese. Achieving a healthy weight can help you control your cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar. It might also help you prevent weight-related diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, arthritis and some cancers.

Unlike the government websites that keep telling you it is your fault for weight loss, such as the useless and over simplistic "eat less, exercise more, calories in, calories out", we go deeper and look at the real causes of weight gain -

• what really makes one crave foods?
• What really causes the metabolic starvation despite the excess weight?
• What really builds the body?

Tips for weight loss

Start with your BMI

Understand the causes of weight gain and obesity. One of the most important causes of weight gain is actually a process called [insulin resistance]] that not only causes weight gain but also makes you go in to metabolic starvation due to compensation of the body to insulin resistance.

Find a weight loss program

Once you decide to lose weight, the next step is to find the right weight loss program for you.

Understand the proven measures for weight loss

• Very low calorie diet
• Weight loss medications
• Physical activity
• Bariatric surgery
• Behavior therapy

See also

• Losing weight
• Insulin resistance
• Metabolic syndrome
• Obesity
• Body mass index
• Cardiovascular disease
• Childhood obesity
• Weight gain
• Diet
• Weight loss articles
• Overweight
• Physical activity
• Choosing weight loss program

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