New Jersey weight loss

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New Jersey has an obesity and overweight rate of 60.7 percent in all adults aged 18 years or older.

Adult Overweight and Obesity in New Jersey

In New Jersey, about 60.7% of adults were overweight, or obese with a Body Mass Index of 25 or greater while about 23.8% of adults were obese, with a Body Mass Index of 30 or greater according to the data from Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

Adolescent Overweight and Obesity in New Jersey

Among New Jersey's adolescents in grades 9 through 12, about 14.2% were overweight (>85th and < 95th percentiles for BMI by age and sex) while 10.3% were obese (>95th percentile for BMI by age and sex).

Weight and Obesity, Summary Report
Weight and Obesity, Summary Report

Child Overweight and Obesity in New Jersey

About 17.0% were overweight (85th to <95th percentile BMI-for-Age), and 17.3% were obese among New Jersey's children aged 2 years to less than 5 years.

New Jersey Obesity rate by county

New Jersey Atlantic County Obesity 29.2 29 25 24.6
New Jersey Bergen County Obesity 24.7 24.4 18.3 17.9
New Jersey Burlington County Obesity 30.1 29.4 24.3 23.7
New Jersey Camden County Obesity 29.4 29.2 25.9 25.5
New Jersey Cape May County Obesity 27.8 27.6 22 20.9
New Jersey Cumberland County Obesity 35.5 35.3 31.1 31
New Jersey Essex County Obesity 25.5 25.3 26.3 25.9
New Jersey Gloucester County Obesity 30.9 30.6 25.8 25.5
New Jersey Hudson County Obesity 25.2 25.4 22.6 22.7
New Jersey Hunterdon County Obesity 23.1 22.5 17.1 16.4
New Jersey Mercer County Obesity 26.4 26.2 24 23.6
New Jersey Middlesex County Obesity 26.3 26 20.6 20.4
New Jersey Monmouth County Obesity 26 25.2 19.1 18.2
New Jersey Morris County Obesity 24.5 23.6 17.5 16.9
New Jersey Ocean County Obesity 30.2 29.8 23 22
New Jersey Passaic County Obesity 27.4 27.1 22.2 21.8
New Jersey Salem County Obesity 34.8 34.2 31 30.6
New Jersey Somerset County Obesity 23.9 23.2 18.5 18.1
New Jersey Sussex County Obesity 30 29.8 21.7 21.1
New Jersey Union County Obesity 24 23.7 22.4 22
New Jersey Warren County Obesity 30 29.7 21.6 20.9

Causes of weight gain in New Jersey

The top causes of weight gain in New Jersey 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 New Jersey 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 New Jersey.
  • Genetic factors for excess weight gain

Weight loss options in New Jersey

In order to lose weight, understand the proven options to lose weight in New Jersey including the following.

  • Low calorie diet (LCD), or Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD)
  • 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.
  • Surgical options for weight loss such as the gastric bypass surgery can be an option for some to lose weight in New Jersey 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 New Jersey.

New Jersey weight loss doctor

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.

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New Jersey weight loss clinics

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. Unlike the many "Cash Only" weight loss centers, most w8md medical weight loss centers do accept health insurance for the weight loss physician visits.

Started by http://www.about.me/w8md Dr. Prab R. Tumpati, MD], W8MD medical weight loss centers of America understands the role nutrition plays and help patients not only lose weight but also lead a healthy life style. Having successfully helped thousands of patients, W8MD 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 in New Jersey

As the 2010 health care law or Affordable Care Act, popularly called Obamacare, mandates insurance coverage for obesity as it is considered a preventable medical problem. medical weight loss centers of America's locations in North East Philadelphia, King of Prussia, and Exton and Brooklyn, New York weight loss locations do accept most health insurances for physician weight loss visits.

Diet for weight loss in New Jersey

One of the best ways to lose weight in New Jersey 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 New Jersey

Although exercise is important for losing weight fast in New Jersey, 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.

Medications for weight loss in New Jersey

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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Learn about the best weight loss medication for fast and effective weight loss in New Jersey.

Before and after weight loss pictures New Jersey

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Videos for weight loss New Jersey

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Fast weight loss options New Jersey

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

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 in Philadelphia

Locations for weight loss that accept insurance near New Jersey

'Philadelphia Insurance Weight Loss Center'

1718, Welsh Rd, Philadelphia, PA, 19115 Ph: 1-215-676-2334


King Of Prussia Weight Loss Center

987 Old Eagle School Rd, Ste 712, Wayne, PA, 19087 Ph: 1-800-986-3007

‘’’W8MD’s New York City insurance weight loss center 2003 Bath Avenue Brooklyn New York 11214 Phone 718 946 5500

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