Georgia (U.S. state)

As per 2010 census, Georgia has an an estimated total population of 9,687,653 of which adults age 18 and over comprise of 78.7%.

Adult Overweight and Obesity Overweight and Obesity in Georgia

• 64.8 were overweight, with a Body Mass Index of 25 or greater.

• 29.6% were obese, with a Body Mass Index of 30 or greater

Dietary Behaviors

• 29.9% of adults reported having consumed fruits at the recommended level of 2 or more times per day.

• 29.5% of adults reported having consumed vegetables at the recommended level of 3 or more times per day.

Physical Activity

• 43.8% of adults achieved at least 300 minutes a week of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity or 150 minutes a week of vigorous-intensity aerobic activity (or an equivalent combination).

• 24.2% of Georgia’s adults reported that during the past month, they had not participated in any physical activity.

Adolescent Overweight and Obesity Overweight and Obesity

• 14.8% were overweight (≥ 85th and < 95th percentiles for BMI by age and sex, based on reference data).

• 12.4% were obese (≥95th percentile BMI by age and sex, based on reference data).

Unhealthy Dietary Behaviors

• Fruit consumption: 70.6% ate fruits or drank 100% fruit juice less than 2 times per day during the 7 days before the survey (100% fruit juice or fruit).

• Vegetable consumption: 89.2% ate vegetables less than 3 times per day during the 7 days before the survey (green salad; potatoes, excluding French fries, fried potatoes, or potato chips; carrots; or other vegetables). * Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption: 29.7% drank a can, bottle, or glass of soda or pop (not including diet soda or diet pop) at least one time per day during the 7 days before the survey.

Physical Activity

Achieved recommended level of activity

• Only 24.7% were physically active for a total of at least 60 minutes per day on each of the 7 days prior to the survey.

• Participated in daily physical education: 26.7% of adolescents attended daily physical education classes in an average week (when they were in school). Physical Inactivity(6)

• No activity: 19.7% did not participate in at least 60 minutes of physical activity on any day during the 7 days prior to the survey.

• Television viewing time: 38.2% watched television 3 or more hours per day on an average school day.

Rethinking Our Dietary Approach Shifting focus from individual blame to understanding the complexities of obesity is crucial. A key factor is insulin resistance, impacting up to 71% of the population, with 35% experiencing metabolic syndrome. Navigating Misinformation The overwhelming presence of over 20,000 books and mixed messages on obesity medicine calls for guidance from experts like Dr Prab R. Tumpati, MD, who can provide clarity on the science and practice of this field. The Downfall of the Food Guide Pyramid The outdated and ineffective food guide pyramid, promoting a low-fat but high-glycemic diet, significantly contributed to increased insulin resistance and, consequently, weight gain. Insulin resistance and weight gain Insulin resistance is a physiological condition where the body's cells become less responsive to the hormone insulin. As insulin not only controls the blood sugar, it also controls the weight! Reducing the overall carbohydrate load and insulin levels is a key underlying concept in many low carbohydrate diets such as the ketogenic diet.

The Blame Game in Obesity Understanding metabolic starvation Weight gain isn't typically intentional. It often stems from the paradox of metabolic starvation in the obese, driven by insulin resistance and resulting in heightened insulin levels. This leads to persistent hunger, cravings, and further weight gain. Stop blaming the victim for obesity!

County wide obesity rates in Georgia

class="wikitable " |- | Georgia||Appling County Obesity||35.5||35.1||33.1||32.7 |- | Georgia||Atkinson County Obesity||31.7||31.5||29.8||29.5 |- | Georgia||Bacon County Obesity||32||31.8||29.6||29.5 |- | Georgia||Baker County Obesity||31.7||31.2||33.4||32.8 |- | Georgia||Baldwin County Obesity||31.7||31.5||32.2||32 |- | Georgia||Banks County Obesity||30.3||29.9||26.2||25.7 |- | Georgia||Barrow County Obesity||33.5||33||30.9||30.7 |- | Georgia||Bartow County Obesity||31.6||31.1||27.4||27 |- | Georgia||Ben Hill County Obesity||32.5||32.3||34.2||34 |- | Georgia||Berrien County Obesity||31.9||31.7||28.4||28.1 |- | Georgia||Bibb County Obesity||29.2||28.8||31.2||31.1 |- | Georgia||Bleckley County Obesity||31.1||30.9||29.3||29.5 |- | Georgia||Brantley County Obesity||32.6||32.3||29.5||29 |- | Georgia||Brooks County Obesity||32.3||32.1||34.2||34 |- | Georgia||Bryan County Obesity||29.5||29||27.1||26.7 |- | Georgia||Bulloch County Obesity||33.3||33.2||32.6||32.8 |- | Georgia||Burke County Obesity||33.9||33.4||37.6||37.3 |- | Georgia||Butts County Obesity||34||33.6||33.1||32.8 |- | Georgia||Calhoun County Obesity||31||30.4||32.9||32.6 |- | Georgia||Camden County Obesity||29||28.8||28.1||27.8 |- | Georgia||Candler County Obesity||32.5||32.3||31.5||31.2 |- | Georgia||Carroll County Obesity||32.2||31.9||30.7||30.5 |- | Georgia||Catoosa County Obesity||33||32.8||29.3||28.9 |- | Georgia||Charlton County Obesity||32.3||32||30.4||30 |- | Georgia||Chatham County Obesity||26.1||25.9||27.5||27.3 |- | Georgia||Chattahoochee County Obesity||30.9||31.3||29.9||30.8 |- | Georgia||Chattooga County Obesity||34.5||34.3||30.9||30.6 |- | Georgia||Cherokee County Obesity||30.3||30||25.7||25.3 |- | Georgia||Clarke County Obesity||27.1||27.3||26.3||27.1 |- | Georgia||Clay County Obesity||31.5||31.3||35.3||35.6 |- | Georgia||Clayton County Obesity||35.6||34.8||36.5||36.1 |- | Georgia||Clinch County Obesity||32.9||32.6||32.5||32.2 |- | Georgia||Cobb County Obesity||24.8||24.5||22.2||21.9 |- | Georgia||Coffee County Obesity||31.2||30.9||29.7||29.5 |- | Georgia||Colquitt County Obesity||33.7||33.5||31.6||31.6 |- | Georgia||Columbia County Obesity||27.8||27.4||25.2||24.8 |- | Georgia||Cook County Obesity||31.8||31.5||31.6||31.5 |- | Georgia||Coweta County Obesity||30.7||30.2||28.5||28.1 |- | Georgia||Crawford County Obesity||31.1||30.7||30.3||29.6 |- | Georgia||Crisp County Obesity||32.5||32.3||34.8||34.9 |- | Georgia||Dade County Obesity||33.1||32.9||28.8||28.4 |- | Georgia||Dawson County Obesity||29.6||29.4||25.4||24.8 |- | Georgia||Decatur County Obesity||30.9||30.5||32.4||32.3 |- | Georgia||DeKalb County Obesity||23.4||23.4||27.4||27.3 |- | Georgia||Dodge County Obesity||36.7||36.3||34.9||34.8 |- | Georgia||Dooly County Obesity||30.8||30.4||32.7||32.4 |- | Georgia||Dougherty County Obesity||34||33.7||41.4||41.5 |- | Georgia||Douglas County Obesity||34||33.4||35.1||34.6 |- | Georgia||Early County Obesity||29.5||29.2||31.3||31.2 |- | Georgia||Echols County Obesity||30.2||30||26.4||26.4 |- | Georgia||Effingham County Obesity||32||31.5||30.1||29.7 |- | Georgia||Elbert County Obesity||35.8||35.8||35.2||35.4 |- | Georgia||Emanuel County Obesity||30.2||29.9||29.9||29.7 |- | Georgia||Evans County Obesity||34.5||34.3||35.1||35.1 |- | Georgia||Fannin County Obesity||30.9||31.1||27.2||26.6 |- | Georgia||Fayette County Obesity||25.9||25.2||24.2||23.5 |- | Georgia||Floyd County Obesity||28.7||28.6||26.1||25.9 |- | Georgia||Forsyth County Obesity||24.3||23.9||19.6||19.3 |- | Georgia||Franklin County Obesity||28.1||28.1||24.9||24.7 |- | Georgia||Fulton County Obesity||22.1||22.1||23.5||23.6 |- | Georgia||Gilmer County Obesity||30.9||30.9||27.3||26.7 |- | Georgia||Glascock County Obesity||30.8||30.4||26.8||26.6 |- | Georgia||Glynn County Obesity||28.8||28.5||27.7||27.4 |- | Georgia||Gordon County Obesity||30.1||29.8||27||26.7 |- | Georgia||Grady County Obesity||32.3||32.1||32.4||32.1 |- | Georgia||Greene County Obesity||31.2||31.5||32.6||32.8 |- | Georgia||Gwinnett County Obesity||26.8||26.2||24||23.8 |- | Georgia||Habersham County Obesity||29.2||29.1||26.1||26 |- | Georgia||Hall County Obesity||30.7||30.4||27.4||27.2 |- | Georgia||Hancock County Obesity||35.7||35.3||42.4||42.4 |- | Georgia||Haralson County Obesity||33.2||32.9||30.1||29.8 |- | Georgia||Harris County Obesity||29.3||28.6||27.2||26.3 |- | Georgia||Hart County Obesity||29.3||29.2||27.6||27.4 |- | Georgia||Heard County Obesity||30.3||30.1||27.6||27.1 |- | Georgia||Henry County Obesity||28.4||28||28.5||28.1 |- | Georgia||Houston County Obesity||29.9||29.5||29.8||29.6 |- | Georgia||Irwin County Obesity||31.7||31.6||30.2||30.2 |- | Georgia||Jackson County Obesity||29||28.7||23.8||23.5 |- | Georgia||Jasper County Obesity||30.3||29.8||29.3||28.6 |- | Georgia||Jeff Davis County Obesity||29.9||29.5||27.2||26.9 |- | Georgia||Jefferson County Obesity||35.9||35.6||39.5||39.4 |- | Georgia||Jenkins County Obesity||31.3||31||32.4||32.2 |- | Georgia||Johnson County Obesity||32.6||32.1||32.4||32.3 |- | Georgia||Jones County Obesity||31.4||30.9||30.6||30.1 |- | Georgia||Lamar County Obesity||33.4||33.1||33||32.7 |- | Georgia||Lanier County Obesity||29.8||29.5||28.5||28.4 |- | Georgia||Laurens County Obesity||33.6||33.5||36.5||36.5 |- | Georgia||Lee County Obesity||31.9||31.2||29.7||29.2 |- | Georgia||Liberty County Obesity||33||32.6||33.2||33.1 |- | Georgia||Lincoln County Obesity||34.7||34.6||36||35.8 |- | Georgia||Long County Obesity||30.8||30.3||30.1||29.9 |- | Georgia||Lowndes County Obesity||31.1||30.9||31.4||31.3 |- | Georgia||Lumpkin County Obesity||30.6||30.3||27.1||26.8 |- | Georgia||McDuffie County Obesity||31.8||31.4||33.1||32.8 |- | Georgia||McIntosh County Obesity||31.5||31.2||31.6||31 |- | Georgia||Macon County Obesity||32.4||32||36.4||35.9 |- | Georgia||Madison County Obesity||33.6||33.3||30||29.4 |- | Georgia||Marion County Obesity||31.8||31.2||31.9||31.5 |- | Georgia||Meriwether County Obesity||31.8||31.6||32.8||32.5 |- | Georgia||Miller County Obesity||31.8||31.8||31.4||31.7 |- | Georgia||Mitchell County Obesity||30.4||30.1||32.2||32 |- | Georgia||Monroe County Obesity||33||32.6||32.1||31.6 |- | Georgia||Montgomery County Obesity||33.1||32.7||32.3||32.1 |- | Georgia||Morgan County Obesity||31.9||31.6||31.2||30.7 |- | Georgia||Murray County Obesity||30.1||29.7||25.4||25 |- | Georgia||Muscogee County Obesity||34.8||34.4||36.7||36.6 |- | Georgia||Newton County Obesity||31.9||31.5||31.5||31.2 |- | Georgia||Oconee County Obesity||28.7||28.1||24.8||24.2 |- | Georgia||Oglethorpe County Obesity||29.9||29.6||27.9||27.5 |- | Georgia||Paulding County Obesity||27.5||27.1||23.9||23.8 |- | Georgia||Peach County Obesity||33.1||32.7||34.2||34 |- | Georgia||Pickens County Obesity||28.1||28.2||23.8||23.3 |- | Georgia||Pierce County Obesity||32.1||32||29.2||28.8 |- | Georgia||Pike County Obesity||32.6||32.2||30.1||29.6 |- | Georgia||Polk County Obesity||27.5||27.3||25.4||25.1 |- | Georgia||Pulaski County Obesity||30.8||30.5||30.7||30.4 |- | Georgia||Putnam County Obesity||32.1||32.3||32.4||32.4 |- | Georgia||Quitman County Obesity||30.2||30.5||32||32.1 |- | Georgia||Rabun County Obesity||31.1||31.4||27.5||27.2 |- | Georgia||Randolph County Obesity||34.5||34.1||38||38 |- | Georgia||Richmond County Obesity||32||31.6||33.8||33.6 |- | Georgia||Rockdale County Obesity||31.9||31.3||34.2||33.9 |- | Georgia||Schley County Obesity||29.6||29.4||28.4||28 |- | Georgia||Screven County Obesity||33.3||33||34.3||34.1 |- | Georgia||Seminole County Obesity||32.3||32.3||32.2||32.3 |- | Georgia||Spalding County Obesity||34||33.8||33.9||33.7 |- | Georgia||Stephens County Obesity||33.2||33.3||30.4||30.1 |- | Georgia||Stewart County Obesity||32.7||32.7||37.6||37.6 |- | Georgia||Sumter County Obesity||35.3||35||38.9||39.1 |- | Georgia||Talbot County Obesity||32.9||32.2||36.5||36 |- | Georgia||Taliaferro County Obesity||33.4||33.4||36.9||36.6 |- | Georgia||Tattnall County Obesity||32.4||32||30.3||30.1 |- | Georgia||Taylor County Obesity||32.2||32||33.7||33.4 |- | Georgia||Telfair County Obesity||30.9||30.5||30.1||29.9 |- | Georgia||Terrell County Obesity||35.8||35.5||41||41.1 |- | Georgia||Thomas County Obesity||31.6||31.3||33.6||33.4 |- | Georgia||Tift County Obesity||31.9||31.7||32||32 |- | Georgia||Toombs County Obesity||34.3||34.1||33||32.9 |- | Georgia||Towns County Obesity||29.1||30||25.9||25.8 |- | Georgia||Treutlen County Obesity||34.8||34.5||34.7||34.6 |- | Georgia||Troup County Obesity||31.3||30.9||30.6||30.4 |- | Georgia||Turner County Obesity||32||31.8||33.1||33.1 |- | Georgia||Twiggs County Obesity||31.6||31||32.5||31.6 |- | Georgia||Union County Obesity||28.4||28.9||24.9||24.6 |- | Georgia||Upson County Obesity||34.4||34.2||34.4||34.3 |- | Georgia||Walker County Obesity||34||33.9||30.2||29.9 |- | Georgia||Walton County Obesity||29.3||29||27.4||27.1 |- | Georgia||Ware County Obesity||34.7||34.5||33.5||33.2 |- | Georgia||Warren County Obesity||34.8||34.7||39.1||39.3 |- | Georgia||Washington County Obesity||33.4||32.8||36||35.7 |- | Georgia||Wayne County Obesity||34.3||34||32.4||32.2 |- | Georgia||Webster County Obesity||30.7||30.4||31.4||31 |- | Georgia||Wheeler County Obesity||32.1||31.7||30.6||30.1 |- | Georgia||White County Obesity||30.6||30.6||26.9||26.5 |- | Georgia||Whitfield County Obesity||30.5||30.2||26.3||26.2 |- | Georgia||Wilcox County Obesity||31.6||31.2||30||29.8 |- | Georgia||Wilkes County Obesity||32||31.8||33.4||33.2 |- | Georgia||Wilkinson County Obesity||31.7||31.3||32.4||32 |- | Georgia||Worth County Obesity||32.1||31.8||31.2||30.9 |}

Causes of weight gain in Georgia

The top causes of weight gain in Georgia include the following:

• Insulin resistance - use this free w8md medical weight loss centers of America's tool to check if you might be insulin resistant that causes your weight gain, especially in the tummy!

• Eating disorders are a common cause of weight gain in Georgia and other parts of the United States.

• Sleep disorders and weight gain are bidirectionally related where sleep problems lead to weight gain and weight gain in turn leads to sleep problems.

• Nutritional deficiencies are an important cause of weight gain in Georgia.

• Hormonal imbalances can also cause weight gain.

• Stress related weight gain

• Genetic factors for excess weight gain

• Medication related weight gain

• other causes for weight gain in Georgia

Weight loss options in Georgia

In order to lose weightt, understand the proven options to lose weight in Georgia including the following.

• Low calorie diet (LCD), or Very low calorie diet (VLCD)

• Weight loss medications - watch this youtube video on the review of the best weight loss medications for fast weight loss in Georgia

• Physical activity for weight loss which only works in combination with diet as exercise on its own is shown to be pretty useless for weight loss since exercise stimulates appetite and builds heavier muscle tissue thereby negating any weight loss with calories burned. However, a combination of low calorie diet and exercise, or diet alone would work for weight loss but not exercise alone.

• Correction of insulin resistance, metabolic, sleep and other causes for weight gain in Georgia for fast and effective weight loss.

• Surgical options for weight loss such as the gastric bypass surgery can be an option for some to lose weight in Georgia although most might regain the weight even after surgery and a behavior weight loss program is still needed for long term weight loss success in Georgia.

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Insurances for weight

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Diet for weight loss in Georgia

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Exercises for weight loss in Georgia

Although exercise and physical activity is important for losing weight fast in Georgia, it is important to understand it only works if used in combination with a reduced calorie diet for weight loss. Research shows that for weight loss, exercise alone is not a very useful tool for weight loss as exercise has a stimulating effect on weight loss, and it builds heavier muscle thereby compensating for any weight loss with burning of calories with exercise. Understand the role of exercise for weight loss in this youtube video from 52 weeks of weight loss and wellness video series.

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Fast weight loss options Georgia

These are the fast and effective weight loss options for losing weight in Georgia.

1. FDA approved weight loss medications

2.Very low calorie diets

3. Exercise for weight loss

4. Correction of metabolic causes of weight gain

5. Bariatric surgery for weight loss

Also see

• obesity in United States
• County obesity rates United States
• Obesity
• Overweight
• Causes of weight gain
• Metabolic syndrome
• Proven measures for losing weight
• Qsymia
• Belviq

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