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Stay Active While Supporting: Exercise Tips for Parents at Your Child’s Sporting Events
Written by Sarah Polk, MS, RDN, CSOWM, LD Balancing family life and your own health goals isn’t always easy, especially for busy parents with kids in sports. But what if you could sneak in some exercise while cheering them on? Check out these simple ways to get moving and stay active, all while watching your […]
What to Expect After Stopping Medications for Weight Loss
Obesity is recognized as a chronic health disease. For this reason, you should think about it much like you would other health conditions such as high blood pressure or diabetes. If you take a medication to manage your blood pressure and then abruptly stop taking it, there is a risk that your blood pressure is […]
Risks of Compounding Semaglutide
Pharmacies or clinics that offer compounded medications do so by combining, mixing, or altering ingredients to create a medication tailored to an individual patient. The process of compounding a medication combines two or more drugs. Compounded medications are not FDA-approved. You should be aware that compounded semaglutide may not contain the same active ingredients as […]
Emotional Eating Awareness
A major cause of weight gain, weight regain, and overeating is emotional eating. Emotional eating can happen at any age and is an attempt to manage, suppress, or soothe your mood with food. Tips on understanding your need to emotionally eat: It is first important to take time to understand and identify your emotional eating […]
February Is American Heart Month
Healthy Blood Pressure A blood pressure higher than 130/80 mmHg can cause serious health problems, including: Heart Disease Stroke Kidney Disease Dementia Pharmacology treatment should be initiated when blood pressure is 150/90 mmHG or higher in adults 60 and older, or 140/90 mmHG or higher in adults younger than 60 years or age. *** If […]
Survival Gains After Bariatric Surgery
Weight loss surgery provides so many benefits above a slimmer body. Yes, losing significant weight can help you look better and fit into the clothes you love. But that’s just the beginning of the many ways bariatric surgery can improve your life: it can also improve or resolve diabetes, lower cholesterol, reduce dangers of heart […]
Obesity & COVID-19 Q&A
Obesity & COVID-19 Q&A In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, many have become increasingly aware of their health and how compromised health may make them more susceptible to dangerous complications of the coronavirus. More and more scientific data is proving that those with obesity and related conditions have a higher risk of developing serious […]
Obesity and Comorbidities
Obesity and Comorbidities Comorbidity is a disease or condition which occurs at the same time as another disease. Obesity is a risk factor for the development of life-threatening and costly comorbid conditions. These comorbid illnesses create a financial impact on society and individuals, with obesity-related medical costs estimated at over 140 billion dollars nationally and […]
The Costs of Obesity at Work
If you are questioning if you can afford weight loss surgery, it’s important to compare the direct and indirect costs of obesity with the cost of bariatric surgery. Direct costs include the price of health care and medication for obesity related diseases. Indirect costs represent the ways that obesity can impact your life financially, including […]
The Effects of Obesity on Fertility
The Connection Between Obesity and Infertility Starting a family can be an exciting and joyous time, but for couples facing infertility it can be a heartbreaking and expensive experience. Obesity has been found to affect the fertility of both men and women. Obesity can influence many factors that determine conception including hormone levels, sperm production […]
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