Obesity is different from being overweight. It happens over time when you consume more calories than you burn. It’s calculated using the Body Mass Index (BMI).

According to the CDC, over 40 percent of Americans are obese. Millions struggle to lose weight without getting too far. This is because weight loss occurs after consistently burning more calories than you eat each day and getting in a calorie-deficit.

A healthy diet, physical exercise, and a behavior change is the first approach to a healthier body, however, it’s not always so easy. This is where medical support for weight loss comes in.

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What is BMI?

BMI is a measure of body fat calculated with respect to height(in meters) and weight(in kg).

It’s a scale that follows the following range:

  • Less than 18.5 = underweight
  • Greater than 18.5 and less than 25 = normal weight
  • Greater than 25 and less than 30 = overweight
  • Greater than 30 and less than 35 = Class I obesity
  • Greater than 35 and less than 40 = class II obesity
  • Greater than 40: Class III obesity

Treatment

Therapy helps prevent or reverse obesity and its complications while simultaneously improving a patient’s mental well-being, health, and quality of life. The treatment starts with a comprehensive lifestyle change and goes on with adding medication for those individuals that have a BMI of 30 or greater.

A few FDA-approved medications that can be prescribed include:

Contrave: it works by reducing or limiting hunger responses in the brain and improving one’s self-control. However, it can increase the risk of becoming suicidal, and raise blood pressure, and heart rate.

Orlistat: it inhibits pancreatic lipases that result in altered fat digestion where fat isn’t completely hydrolyzed. The medicine’s common side effects include cramps, flatus, and other gastrointestinal issues.

If you are struggling with weight loss, you can book an appointment with us today!