Kansas weight loss

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Kansas is a state in the United States. As per 2010 census, Kansas has an an estimated total population of 2,763,885 of which adults age 18 and over comprise of 74.5%.

Adult Overweight and Obesity Overweight and Obesity in Kansas[edit | edit source]

Dietary Behaviors[edit | edit source]

  • 23.8% of adults reported having consumed fruits at the recommended level of 2 or more times per day.
  • 26.0% of adults reported having consumed vegetables at the recommended level of 3 or more times per day.

Physical Activity[edit | edit source]

  • 42.3% 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).
  • 23.2% of Kansas’s adults reported that during the past month, they had not participated in any Physical Activity.

Adolescent Overweight and Obesity Overweight and Obesity[edit | edit source]

  • 13.1% 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[edit | edit source]

  • Fruit consumption: 69.4% 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: 84.3% 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: 30.7% 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[edit | edit source]

'Achieved recommended level of activity’

  • Only 27.8% 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: 52.9% of adolescents attended daily physical education classes in an average week (when they were in school).
  • No activity: 14.4% 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: 28.3% 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 obesity statistics - Kansas[edit | edit source]

class="wikitable " |- | Kansas||Allen County Obesity||34.8||34.8||33.4||33.4 |- | Kansas||Anderson County Obesity||32.8||33||30.5||30.8 |- | Kansas||Atchison County Obesity||33.1||33.1||31.1||31.2 |- | Kansas||Barber County Obesity||35.6||35.9||34.2||34.5 |- | Kansas||Barton County Obesity||34.8||34.9||34||34.3 |- | Kansas||Bourbon County Obesity||37.5||37.9||38.1||38.6 |- | Kansas||Brown County Obesity||35||35||33.7||33.7 |- | Kansas||Butler County Obesity||34.5||33.9||32.2||31.9 |- | Kansas||Chase County Obesity||33.9||34.4||30.4||30.6 |- | Kansas||Chautauqua County Obesity||31.5||32||29.8||30.1 |- | Kansas||Cherokee County Obesity||37.6||37.9||36.7||37.1 |- | Kansas||Cheyenne County Obesity||33.2||34.2||31.1||31.7 |- | Kansas||Clark County Obesity||33.2||33.6||30.8||31.1 |- | Kansas||Clay County Obesity||32.7||33.3||30.6||30.9 |- | Kansas||Cloud County Obesity||34.2||34.3||31.4||31.7 |- | Kansas||Coffey County Obesity||36.2||36||34.2||34 |- | Kansas||Comanche County Obesity||31.1||31.8||29.7||30 |- | Kansas||Cowley County Obesity||35.4||35.4||33.1||33.3 |- | Kansas||Crawford County Obesity||37.6||37.5||33.8||34.1 |- | Kansas||Decatur County Obesity||32.9||33.5||32.1||32.3 |- | Kansas||Dickinson County Obesity||34.4||34.6||33.1||33.3 |- | Kansas||Doniphan County Obesity||35.3||35.4||34||34.2 |- | Kansas||Douglas County Obesity||26.3||26.4||23.8||24 |- | Kansas||Edwards County Obesity||35.6||36||34||34.3 |- | Kansas||Elk County Obesity||34.4||35||33.3||33.4 |- | Kansas||Ellis County Obesity||31.3||31.2||27.5||27.5 |- | Kansas||Ellsworth County Obesity||35.2||35||32.4||32.3 |- | Kansas||Finney County Obesity||34.6||33.9||31.9||31.6 |- | Kansas||Ford County Obesity||35||34.6||33.6||33.6 |- | Kansas||Franklin County Obesity||34.4||34.3||32.2||31.9 |- | Kansas||Geary County Obesity||30.6||30.5||29.5||29.6 |- | Kansas||Gove County Obesity||30.7||31||28.3||28.4 |- | Kansas||Graham County Obesity||32.4||33.1||31.1||31.2 |- | Kansas||Grant County Obesity||34.8||34.2||32.2||32 |- | Kansas||Gray County Obesity||30.7||30.7||27.3||27.1 |- | Kansas||Greeley County Obesity||31.9||31.8||29.5||29.5 |- | Kansas||Greenwood County Obesity||34.2||34.8||32.8||33.4 |- | Kansas||Hamilton County Obesity||35.2||35.2||32.9||33 |- | Kansas||Harper County Obesity||29.9||29.9||27.7||27.8 |- | Kansas||Harvey County Obesity||34||34.2||31.2||31.2 |- | Kansas||Haskell County Obesity||34.3||33.7||32.3||32 |- | Kansas||Hodgeman County Obesity||31.3||31.5||28.9||28.9 |- | Kansas||Jackson County Obesity||36.4||36.5||35||35 |- | Kansas||Jefferson County Obesity||35.2||35.5||32.7||32.3 |- | Kansas||Jewell County Obesity||35.1||36||32.4||32.9 |- | Kansas||Johnson County Obesity||25.4||25||21.1||20.8 |- | Kansas||Kearny County Obesity||33.7||33.5||31.6||31.5 |- | Kansas||Kingman County Obesity||32||31.9||29.8||29.7 |- | Kansas||Kiowa County Obesity||30.3||30.4||28.3||28.5 |- | Kansas||Labette County Obesity||34.3||34||34||33.9 |- | Kansas||Lane County Obesity||36.9||37.3||35.9||36.5 |- | Kansas||Leavenworth County Obesity||32.4||31.7||30.6||30.3 |- | Kansas||Lincoln County Obesity||30.6||30.5||27.6||27.5 |- | Kansas||Linn County Obesity||33.7||34.1||33.7||33.7 |- | Kansas||Logan County Obesity||33.4||33.6||30.9||31.1 |- | Kansas||Lyon County Obesity||33.7||33.5||30.9||31 |- | Kansas||McPherson County Obesity||31.5||31.4||29.1||29.4 |- | Kansas||Marion County Obesity||31.6||31.6||30.7||30.8 |- | Kansas||Marshall County Obesity||34.6||34.6||31.5||31.8 |- | Kansas||Meade County Obesity||32.4||32.5||30.2||30.2 |- | Kansas||Miami County Obesity||31.2||30.7||30.3||29.6 |- | Kansas||Mitchell County Obesity||30.1||30.1||27.8||27.8 |- | Kansas||Montgomery County Obesity||34.8||35||32.8||33.2 |- | Kansas||Morris County Obesity||33.5||34.1||32.4||32.8 |- | Kansas||Morton County Obesity||34.7||34.7||32.5||32.8 |- | Kansas||Nemaha County Obesity||30.5||30.5||28.2||28.1 |- | Kansas||Neosho County Obesity||35.2||35.5||33.3||33.5 |- | Kansas||Ness County Obesity||29.7||30||27.7||27.9 |- | Kansas||Norton County Obesity||34.7||34.7||32.8||32.9 |- | Kansas||Osage County Obesity||36.2||36.2||35.7||35.9 |- | Kansas||Osborne County Obesity||35||35.5||32.2||32.9 |- | Kansas||Ottawa County Obesity||33.9||33.9||31.5||31.4 |- | Kansas||Pawnee County Obesity||35.6||35.6||33.3||33.8 |- | Kansas||Phillips County Obesity||32.9||32.8||30.1||30 |- | Kansas||Pottawatomie County Obesity||33||32.8||30.7||30.5 |- | Kansas||Pratt County Obesity||31.8||32||30.4||30.8 |- | Kansas||Rawlins County Obesity||36||36.7||34.4||35.2 |- | Kansas||Reno County Obesity||33.2||33.3||31.2||31.3 |- | Kansas||Republic County Obesity||31||31.4||28||28.3 |- | Kansas||Rice County Obesity||35.8||36.3||35.4||35.8 |- | Kansas||Riley County Obesity||28||28||24.7||25.1 |- | Kansas||Rooks County Obesity||31.7||31.9||29.3||29.4 |- | Kansas||Rush County Obesity||29||29.1||27||26.9 |- | Kansas||Russell County Obesity||32.4||32.9||30.3||30.9 |- | Kansas||Saline County Obesity||32.9||32.8||31.1||31.1 |- | Kansas||Scott County Obesity||30.8||30.9||28.3||28.3 |- | Kansas||Sedgwick County Obesity||30.1||29.6||29.9||29.6 |- | Kansas||Seward County Obesity||36.1||35.6||32.6||32.5 |- | Kansas||Shawnee County Obesity||33.3||33.2||31.9||31.8 |- | Kansas||Sheridan County Obesity||32.2||32.4||29.9||30.2 |- | Kansas||Sherman County Obesity||33||33.1||31.8||32.2 |- | Kansas||Smith County Obesity||31.8||32.3||29.9||30.2 |- | Kansas||Stafford County Obesity||35||35.4||33.2||33.5 |- | Kansas||Stanton County Obesity||31.6||31.8||29.6||29.8 |- | Kansas||Stevens County Obesity||34.6||34.4||32.9||33 |- | Kansas||Sumner County Obesity||37.4||37.1||36.1||35.8 |- | Kansas||Thomas County Obesity||31||30.8||28||27.9 |- | Kansas||Trego County Obesity||33.5||34.1||32.7||33.2 |- | Kansas||Wabaunsee County Obesity||35.3||34.9||33.3||33.1 |- | Kansas||Wallace County Obesity||32.6||32.7||30.4||30.5 |- | Kansas||Washington County Obesity||35.6||36.2||32.6||33.5 |- | Kansas||Wichita County Obesity||34.5||34.7||33||33.2 |- | Kansas||Wilson County Obesity||34.7||35||33.3||33.5 |- | Kansas||Woodson County Obesity||30.6||30.8||27.9||27.8 |- | Kansas||Wyandotte County Obesity||38.1||37.7||40.5||40.3 |}

Causes of weight gain in Kansas[edit | edit source]

The top causes of weight gain in Kansas 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!
  • 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 Kansas.

Weight loss options in Kansas[edit | edit source]

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

  • 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.

Kansas weight loss doctor[edit | edit source]

Dr. Prab R. Tumpati, is a board certified physician with experience and training in the field of obesity medicine in addition to training in sleep medicine and internal medicine. As the founder of WikiMD, and W8MD medical weight loss centers of America, Dr. Tumpati is familiar with the concepts, science, and art of weight loss medicine. Physicians practicing in Kansas interested in adding a W8MD medical weight loss program are welcome. Using telemedicine for weight loss for remote areas to provide obesity counseling and dietary, and weight loss coaching is a true miracle for many struggling to lose weight.

Kansas weight loss clinics[edit | edit source]

W8MD medical weight loss centers of America is a physician supervised, non-surgical, evidence based weight loss and wellness program with offices in many states in the United States. W8MD offers a telemedicine weight loss solution for your convenience.

Lose weight in Kansas from home[edit | edit source]

W8MD currently offers a convenient and very affordable telemedicine weight loss solution with certain limitations. Visit W8MD medical weight loss centers for more information.

Physicians join W8MD network of weight loss physicians[edit | edit source]

W8MD welcomes Kansas physicians to join W8MD network of weight loss physicians and the unique W8MD medical weight loss centers of America's program at your medical office or clinic.

W8MD weight loss physicians understand the factors that lead to weight gain including hormonal(insulin resistance), social, environmental and genetic factors and work with each patient individually to help design a customized weight loss plan that suits their individual needs.

Insurances for weight[edit | edit source]

As the 2010 health care law or the Affordable Care Act, popularly called Obamacare, mandates health insurance coverage for obesity as it is considered a preventable medical problem. The only problem is that most medical weight loss programs may not accept health insurance although there are exceptions such as W8MD medical weight loss centers of America.

Diet for weight loss in Kansas[edit | edit source]

One of the best ways to lose weight in Kansas or other places safely and effectively is to consider a very low calorie diet of 800 calories with either complete or partial meal replacement using specially manufactured meal replacement weight loss supplements such as the vlcd diet from w8md medical weight loss centers of America. Understand the 5 clinically proven measures to lose weight in Philadelphia including low calorie and very low calorie diets.

Exercises for weight loss in Kansas[edit | edit source]

Although exercise and Physical Activity is important for losing weight fast in Kansas, it is important to understand it only works if used in combination with a reduced calorie diet for weight loss. Research shows that for exercise-and-weight-loss/ 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.

Weight loss medications

Since 2012, the FDA approved many new weight loss medications such as Qsymia, Saxenda, Contrave after years of rejecting many other weight loss medications. There are other traditional and time tested weight loss medications such as Phentermine, Phendimetrazine etc.

What works and what does not for losing weight?

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Before and after weight loss pictures Kansas[edit | edit source]

Check the testimonials, before and after weight loss pictures and reviews of W8MD medical weight loss program

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Videos for weight loss Kansas[edit | edit source]

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Fast weight loss options Kansas[edit | edit source]

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

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

Telemedicine for weight loss[edit | edit source]

With advances in technology, telemedicine can be used to help patients lose weight and is available via W8MD medical weight loss centers of America with certain limitations.

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