Tennessee weight loss
Tennessee is a state in the United States. As per 2010 census, Tennessee has an an estimated total population of 6,346,105 of which adults age 18 and over comprise of 76.4%.
Adult Overweight and Obesity Overweight and Obesity in Tennessee[edit | edit source]
- 67.2% were overweight, with a Body Mass Index of 25 or greater.
- 30.8% were obese, with a Body Mass Index of 30 or greater
Dietary Behaviors[edit | edit source]
- 26.4% of adults reported having consumed fruits at the recommended level of 2 or more times per day.
- 33% of adults reported having consumed vegetables at the recommended level of 3 or more times per day.
Physical Activity[edit | edit source]
- 29.8% 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).
- 31.0% of Tennessee’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]
- 16.1% were overweight (≥ 85th and < 95th percentiles for BMI by age and sex, based on reference data).
- 15.8% were obese (≥95th percentile BMI by age and sex, based on reference data).
Unhealthy Dietary Behaviors[edit | edit source]
- Fruit consumption: 72.6% 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: 87.9% 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: 41.3% 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 24.2% 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: 22.9% of adolescents attended daily physical education classes in an average week (when they were in school).
- No activity: 17.7% 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: 37.7% watched television 3 or more hours per day on an average school day.
Rethinking Our Dietary ApproachShifting 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 - Tennessee[edit | edit source]
class="wikitable " |- | Tennessee||Anderson County Obesity||31.1||31.3||30.8||31.5 |- | Tennessee||Bedford County Obesity||35.9||35.8||36.2||36.2 |- | Tennessee||Benton County Obesity||34.3||35.1||33.7||34.6 |- | Tennessee||Bledsoe County Obesity||32.3||32.2||31.2||31.4 |- | Tennessee||Blount County Obesity||31.8||31.9||32.1||32.3 |- | Tennessee||Bradley County Obesity||30||29.9||29.8||30 |- | Tennessee||Campbell County Obesity||33.4||33.6||33.3||33.6 |- | Tennessee||Cannon County Obesity||32.7||32.8||32||32.4 |- | Tennessee||Carroll County Obesity||34.8||35.3||35.8||36.4 |- | Tennessee||Carter County Obesity||30.3||30.5||29.7||30.1 |- | Tennessee||Cheatham County Obesity||30.1||29.8||29.2||28.9 |- | Tennessee||Chester County Obesity||35.4||35.6||36.4||36.8 |- | Tennessee||Claiborne County Obesity||31.8||32||31.6||32.1 |- | Tennessee||Clay County Obesity||31.5||32.2||30.5||31 |- | Tennessee||Cocke County Obesity||33.6||33.9||33.3||33.7 |- | Tennessee||Coffee County Obesity||34.7||34.9||34.2||34.5 |- | Tennessee||Crockett County Obesity||34.1||34.2||35.2||35.8 |- | Tennessee||Cumberland County Obesity||29.1||30.3||28.1||29 |- | Tennessee||Davidson County Obesity||28.5||28.2||32||31.8 |- | Tennessee||Decatur County Obesity||33.5||34.3||33.1||34.2 |- | Tennessee||DeKalb County Obesity||32.1||32.1||31.8||32.1 |- | Tennessee||Dickson County Obesity||32||31.9||32||32.1 |- | Tennessee||Dyer County Obesity||33||33||34.2||34.4 |- | Tennessee||Fayette County Obesity||34.5||34.6||39.2||39.2 |- | Tennessee||Fentress County Obesity||35.4||36||34.4||34.8 |- | Tennessee||Franklin County Obesity||31.4||31.6||31.6||32 |- | Tennessee||Gibson County Obesity||36.2||36.7||37.8||38.5 |- | Tennessee||Giles County Obesity||36||36.2||36.3||36.7 |- | Tennessee||Grainger County Obesity||30.5||30.6||29.4||29.5 |- | Tennessee||Greene County Obesity||35||35.4||35.7||36.3 |- | Tennessee||Grundy County Obesity||31.1||31.5||30.2||30.7 |- | Tennessee||Hamblen County Obesity||31.3||31.4||31.1||31.5 |- | Tennessee||Hamilton County Obesity||30.1||29.9||31.1||31.5 |- | Tennessee||Hancock County Obesity||31.3||31.5||29.4||29.7 |- | Tennessee||Hardeman County Obesity||34.3||34||40.1||40.8 |- | Tennessee||Hardin County Obesity||32.5||33||33.2||33.9 |- | Tennessee||Hawkins County Obesity||34.4||34.6||34.6||35 |- | Tennessee||Haywood County Obesity||34.3||34.1||42.3||42.7 |- | Tennessee||Henderson County Obesity||36.2||36.2||36.6||36.7 |- | Tennessee||Henry County Obesity||34.3||34.9||35.9||36.7 |- | Tennessee||Hickman County Obesity||34||33.8||33.4||33.7 |- | Tennessee||Houston County Obesity||32.7||33||32.2||32.7 |- | Tennessee||Humphreys County Obesity||32.1||32.3||31||31.4 |- | Tennessee||Jackson County Obesity||31.5||31.9||29.9||30.3 |- | Tennessee||Jefferson County Obesity||29.5||29.7||27.5||27.7 |- | Tennessee||Johnson County Obesity||31.6||31.7||30.7||31.1 |- | Tennessee||Knox County Obesity||29.7||29.5||29.3||29.3 |- | Tennessee||Lake County Obesity||32.6||32.2||33.5||34.3 |- | Tennessee||Lauderdale County Obesity||34.7||34.3||39.5||39.8 |- | Tennessee||Lawrence County Obesity||32.2||32.6||30.2||30.7 |- | Tennessee||Lewis County Obesity||32.6||32.7||32.1||32.3 |- | Tennessee||Lincoln County Obesity||32||32||31.5||31.9 |- | Tennessee||Loudon County Obesity||30||30.8||28.9||29.5 |- | Tennessee||McMinn County Obesity||33.3||33.5||33.8||34.3 |- | Tennessee||McNairy County Obesity||35.2||35.6||35.6||36.4 |- | Tennessee||Macon County Obesity||33.6||33.5||33.5||33.8 |- | Tennessee||Madison County Obesity||32.4||32.3||39.2||39.3 |- | Tennessee||Marion County Obesity||30.5||30.6||29.3||29.5 |- | Tennessee||Marshall County Obesity||30.1||30||29.6||29.5 |- | Tennessee||Maury County Obesity||35||34.8||35.5||35.5 |- | Tennessee||Meigs County Obesity||32.9||33.1||32.5||32.5 |- | Tennessee||Monroe County Obesity||34.9||35.2||35.9||36.4 |- | Tennessee||Montgomery County Obesity||31.2||30.8||32.9||32.7 |- | Tennessee||Moore County Obesity||32.6||33||32.3||32.9 |- | Tennessee||Morgan County Obesity||32.1||31.9||30.7||30.8 |- | Tennessee||Obion County Obesity||32.3||32.4||31.9||32.2 |- | Tennessee||Overton County Obesity||32.1||32.4||30.7||31 |- | Tennessee||Perry County Obesity||29.9||30.3||28.7||29.2 |- | Tennessee||Pickett County Obesity||32.1||33||30.5||31.3 |- | Tennessee||Polk County Obesity||31.8||32.2||31.2||31.5 |- | Tennessee||Putnam County Obesity||33.3||33.3||31.8||32.2 |- | Tennessee||Rhea County Obesity||37.2||37.5||37.3||37.8 |- | Tennessee||Roane County Obesity||32.9||33.2||32.3||32.6 |- | Tennessee||Robertson County Obesity||33.1||32.9||32.7||32.6 |- | Tennessee||Rutherford County Obesity||30.6||30.1||31.9||31.5 |- | Tennessee||Scott County Obesity||30.7||30.6||29||29.1 |- | Tennessee||Sequatchie County Obesity||35.1||35.4||34.6||35 |- | Tennessee||Sevier County Obesity||31.6||31.6||30.3||30.4 |- | Tennessee||Shelby County Obesity||30.3||29.8||38.4||38.3 |- | Tennessee||Smith County Obesity||33.7||33.5||32.3||32.3 |- | Tennessee||Stewart County Obesity||31.7||31.9||30.9||31.1 |- | Tennessee||Sullivan County Obesity||33.6||34||32.5||33.2 |- | Tennessee||Sumner County Obesity||30.3||30||28.5||28.4 |- | Tennessee||Tipton County Obesity||33.6||33.2||35.5||35.2 |- | Tennessee||Trousdale County Obesity||32.2||32.1||32.8||32.7 |- | Tennessee||Unicoi County Obesity||31.9||32.2||31||31.6 |- | Tennessee||Union County Obesity||34.5||34.4||33.7||33.7 |- | Tennessee||Van Buren County Obesity||33.8||34||33.2||33.3 |- | Tennessee||Warren County Obesity||33.9||33.9||34.3||34.6 |- | Tennessee||Washington County Obesity||29.6||29.6||29||29.2 |- | Tennessee||Wayne County Obesity||32.1||32||30.8||31.3 |- | Tennessee||Weakley County Obesity||29.4||29.5||29.6||29.9 |- | Tennessee||White County Obesity||31.2||31.6||29.5||29.9 |- | Tennessee||Williamson County Obesity||26.7||26.3||25.3||25 |- | Tennessee||Wilson County Obesity||33.4||33.1||33.6||33.4 |}
Causes of weight gain in Tennessee[edit | edit source]
The top causes of weight gain in Tennessee 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 Tennessee 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 Tennessee.
- 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 Tennessee
Weight loss options in Tennessee[edit | edit source]
In order to lose weightt, understand the proven options to lose weight in Tennessee 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 Tennessee
- 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 Tennessee for fast and effective weight loss.
- Surgical options for losing weight such as the gastric bypass surgery can be an option for some to lose weight in Tennessee 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 Tennessee.
Tennessee 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 Tennessee 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.
Tennessee weight loss clinics[edit | edit source]
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Lose weight in Tennessee from home[edit | edit source]
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Physicians join W8MD network of weight loss physicians[edit | edit source]
W8MD welcomes Tennessee 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 Tennessee[edit | edit source]
One of the best ways to lose weight in Tennessee 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 Tennessee[edit | edit source]
Although exercise and Physical Activity is important for losing weight fast in Tennessee, 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.
Videos for weight loss Tennessee[edit | edit source]
Weight loss videos
Fast weight loss options Tennessee[edit | edit source]
These are the fast and effective weight loss options for losing weight in Tennessee.
1. FDA approved weight loss medications
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
- Wegovy
Obesity and weight loss resources in the United States
Areas and territories that belong to the United States:
- AS American Samoa lose weight
- DC District of Columbia lose weight, which is the seat of the Federal government
- GU Guam lose weight
- MP Northern Mariana Islands lose weight, Commonwealth
- PR Puerto Rico lose weight, Commonwealth
- VI the United States Virgin Islands lose weight
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