Posts Tagged ‘Obese’

A Clinical Guide for Management of Overweight and Obese Children and Adults

A Clinical Guide for Management of Overweight and Obese Children and Adults addresses deficiencies in the identification, treatment, and management of adult and childhood obesity. Designed for healthcare practitioners, this guide offers evaluation and assessment strategies for the simply overweight patient to severe complex obesity with multiple comorbidities. It considers treatment modalities from lifestyle change to bariatric surgery, including exercise, diet, and pharmacotherapeutic remedies. The book highlights weight management through behavioral health considerations, community support systems, and other adjunctive therapies as part of a comprehensive weight loss program.
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by Steve Rhodes

Question by Slick: How much of the healthcare “crisis” is caused by Americans who are obese and make no effort to take care?
of themselves? Why should I care if a fat person who chose to live their life in an unhealthy manner suddenly dies of heart failure? How about a little preventative care instead of turning the system upside down and making the healthy pay for the unhealthy?

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Obese teens add pounds in adulthood
The U.S. might be missing an opportunity to rein-in bulging waistlines, according to a new report that shows many obese teens put on extra weight as they grow up.
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The High Cost Of Being Obese

According to a medical research study released yesterday, overweight Americans spend close to 42% more on health care than your average “normal-weight” citizen.

Consumer as well as corporate spending on weight-loss related treatments is projected to top over 7 billion a year in 2008, according to the new study which started in 2006 to track both a series of test patients as well as national consumer spending trends. That figure accounts for almost 10 percent of all medical spending in the USA for this year! Overweight and obese Americans spend close to ,429 more on health care each year than the roughly ,400 spent by those Americans who fall within the “normal-weight” range.

Question by Sarah: Why is it that people with anorexia have an “eating disorder” but obese people are just fat slobs?
not every obese person just sits around and stuffs their face constantly..they also may have an eating disorder, but society will not recognize that at all! All society does is “feel sorry” for someone who is anorexic and have “disgust” for someone who is obese.

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Answer by desiderio
I consider overeating a disorder, and so does the medical community. “Society” just takes longer to catch on to things that regard their health, they’re more interested in gossip and mudslinging politics.

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by wstera2

Throwing Our Weight Around: Healthcare Reform Targets the Obese

Marilyn Wann never bought into professional modeling marketing-speak proclaiming that “Thin is In.” It’s not because her physique doesn’t fit the phrase. For her, it’s a widely-held bullying tactic for the current authors of health insurance reform.

Marilyn tells New York Times reporter Susan Saulny that an increasing number of slender Americans blame fat people — not Medicare, nor pharmaceutical company profits — for the most historic overhaul of our healthcare delivery system since the U.S. Government started Medicare itself.

“We’re kind of a popular punching bag,” says Wann, author of the book, “Fat! So?”

Physicians, dieticians and the scientific community have proven that there is a common link between obesity and a slew of chronic and terminal illnesses, from diabetes to heart disease. Healthcare bean counters claim that fat people increase the entire cost of healthcare for everyone, since they are more often diagnosed with long-term disease.