Thursday February 9, 2012 7:50 am
Obesity
Obesity is an epidemic! Today more than 70 million Americans are overweight. Obesity, particularly when associated with unhealthy patterns of body fat distribution, results in 325,000 preventable deaths each year in the U.S. and $100 billion in health care costs. In the last ten years, the incidence of obesity has increased from 25 percent to 32 percent - a level that may be considered epidemic.

Although about 30% to 40% of the obese claim that they are trying to lose weight or maintain weight after weight loss, current therapies appear to have little effect. Despite the plethora of popular diet books, commercial programs, and the government's own attempt at teaching primary care practitioners how to help their patients to lose weight, the results are disappointing.

Did You Know?

  • Less that 20% of people who attempt to lose weight using traditional approaches achieve long-term success.
  • The average dieting attempt lasts only 42 days.
  • Less than 20% of people trying to lose weight follow recommendations to combine eating a healthy reduced-calorie diet with regular moderate-intensity physical activity.
Articles In This Section:
  • All States Got Fatter But One
    by Dr. Gary Farr 8/24/2005
    The percentage of Americans with bulging waistlines is growing in just about every state, with residents of Alabama joining the obesity ranks the fastest.

  • Artificial Sweeteners Once Again Linked to Weight Gain
    by Dr. Gary Farr 2/27/2008
    It's thought that consuming artificial sweeteners breaks the connection between a sweet sensation and a high-calorie food, thereby changing your body's ability to regulate intake.

  • Calorie Density Key To Losing Weight
    by Dr. Gary Farr 2/27/2008
    Eating smart, not eating less, may be the key to losing weight. A year-long clinical trial by Penn State researchers shows that diets focusing on foods that are low in calorie density can promote healthy weight loss while helping people to control hunger.

  • Free Newsletter
    by Dr. Gary Farr 7/22/2003
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  • Health Chief Wants Healthier Menus
    by Dr. Gary Farr 5/15/2003
    Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said Tuesday he wants restaurants to do "what's right" in the fight against obesity by changing their menus to promote healthier lifestyles.

  • Health Survey
    by Dr. Gary Farr 7/22/2003
    The health survey finds out about the state of your health. You may discover things about your health you didn't know before. This increased awareness of your health can help you take the appropriate action to improve the state of your body's function.

  • Insulin May Raise Homocysteine
    by Dr. Gary Farr 7/8/2003
    Overweight children with high levels of the hormone insulin in their blood are also likely to have high levels of homocysteine, a substance that appears to raise the risk of heart disease, stroke, and birth defects, as well as possibly other adverse effects as well.

  • Nutritional Support for Endocrine Conditions
    by Dr. Gary Farr 8/4/2002
    Hormones play a significant role in keeping the body healthy and functioning properly.They share an intimate relationship with many nutrients, and working together, help support physiiological balance. Women's hormonal needs fluctuate in response to the changing seasons of their lives and the physical and emotional demands that accompany life's changes.

  • Obesity and Diabetes: A Growing Problem Among Americans
    by Dr. Gary Farr 1/21/2003
    Obesity and its related health problems are on the rise in the United States, as a national survey shows that Americans are becoming more obese with each passing year.

  • Obesity Tied to Steady Dose of Hunger Hormone
    by Dr. Gary Farr 6/30/2004
    In thin people, levels of the hormone that makes you hungry -- ghrelin -- vary wildly throughout the day and peak at night. But overweight people maintain more constant levels of the hormone throughout the day and don't experience a nighttime spike.

  • Pancreatic Elastase 1 Lab Test (Stool)
    by Dr. Gary Farr 3/7/2009
    Pancreatic Elastase (PE) is a simple, noninvasive fecal marker for assessing exocrine pancreatic function, allowing the clinician to establish a prompt and reliable diagnosis with high degrees of sensitivity (90%-100%) and specificity (93%-98%) in suspected cases of pancreatic insufficiency.

  • The Adrenal Stress Index Test
    by Dr. Gary Farr 8/6/2011
    The Adrenocortex Stress Profile is a powerful and precise non-invasive test that evaluates levels of the body's important stress hormones, cortisol and DHEA. This profile serves as a critical tool for uncovering biochemical imbalances that can underlie anxiety, chronic fatigue, obesity, diabetes and a host of other clinical conditions. It's also a crucial tool for monitoring DHEA and/or cortisone therapy.

  • The Comprehensive Digestive Stool Analysis
    by Dr. Gary Farr 6/25/2004
    I often tell my patients that the gastrointestinal tract is much like a carburetor in a car. Your digestive tract tract must take gasoline (your food), and then mix it with air (enzymes and other digestive juices). If this mixing process goes well, your car runs and doesn't cough or sputter. How efficiently your fuel burns determines to a large extent how many years you're going to get out of your car. Although a rather crude analogy, this principle does hold true for the human digestive tract. There are many points along the digestive where some "burning" process can go awry and cause seemingly unrelated problems elsewhere in the body. This article will discuss those various places and give you a very good detail of what can go wrong.

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