Weight loss in California
Although California is considered somewhat leaner state, compared to some other states in the United States, it has a significant portion of its population that are either overweight or obese.
In 2009 about 22.7% of adults were obese which increased to 27.1% in 2018 although California has a lofty target of 11.0% or lower obesity rate by 2022.
Estimated Population of California (2016)
39,144,8184
Physical Activity
According to the CDC, 56.3% of adults achieved the equivalent of at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity per week.
Adult overweight and Obesity (2016)
- 35.0% of adults were overweight.
- 24.7% of adults had obesity.
Child overweight and Obesity
- 16.9% of children aged 2 to 4 years in the
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program were overweight.
- 17.6% of children aged 2 to 4 years in WIC had obesity.
Eating habits
- 30.4% of adults reported consuming fruit less than one time daily.
- 17.3% of adults reported consuming vegetables less than one time daily.
Physician weight loss programs in California
In order to lose weight, there is no better place to start than a well trained and experienced physician that help you not only lose weight but also help you keep it off. As obesity is a complex process, and losing weight is not as simple as eat less, exercise more, it is important to find an experienced and well trained obesity medicine physician.
- Alan Kelton MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Fresno, CA 93701 Phone: (559) 320-1090
- Amira Ayad MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Adventist Health Wellness Center Bakersfield, CA 93301 Phone: (661) 637-8831
- Carl Knopke MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at FOMA, FAAFP Inland Empire Weight Loss Riverside, CA 92506 Phone: (951) 231-1363 http://www.inlandempireweightloss.com
- Corinne Moll MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at SCPMG Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067 Phone: (952) 454-2528
- Cresencia Banzuela MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at FAAP Corona, CA 92879 Phone: 95127276595 http://www.banzuelapediatrics.com
- Daniel Flaming MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Redlands, CA 92374 Phone: (909) 793-3311 http://www.texomacare.com/services/family-medicine
- Diana Wertz MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at San Mateo, CA 94402 Phone: (925) 487-2764
- Diego Ferro MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Diego F. Ferro, MD Inc. Stockton, CA 95203 Phone: (209) 948-1583 http://Dferromd.com
- Francisco Tejeda MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at San Ysidro Healthcare San Marcos, CA 92078 Phone: (707) 9008819
- Gerard Bazile MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at San Deigo, CA 92123 Phone: 858-505-9436
- Gopika Gangupantula MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at FAAFP BC-ADM CDCES Valley Diabetes & Obesity Modesto, CA 95350 https://www.DrGDiabetes.com
- Heather Davids MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Sacramento, CA 95835 Phone: (916) 733-3333
- Ian Johnson MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Archway Healthcare Services, Inc Sacramento, CA 95826 Phone: (209) 405-9888
- Inna Yaskin DO weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at elite medical center Mountain View, CA 94040 Phone: (650) 318-3384
- Ish Pendi MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at M.D. Maximum Weight Loss Medical Center Anaheim Hills, CA 92807 Phone: (714) 974-6900 http://www.mdweightlossca.com
- Janet O'Brien MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at PCME Sacramento, CA 95835 Phone: (916) 419-8381
- Jimmy Sio MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Kaiser Permanente Bakersfield, CA 93311 Phone: (661) 340-1178
- Jyoti Bhat MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Jiva Health Concord, CA 94520 Phone: (925) 685-4228 http://www.jivahealth.com
- Kamelia Kashani DO weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Chino Hills, CA 91709 Phone: (818) 970-3304
- Kamyar Farhangfar MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Sacramento Native American Health Center Sacramento, CA 95811 Phone: (916) 341-0575 http://www.easymedicalweightloss.com
- Karen Hanna MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Arch Medical Group Vista, CA 92084 Phone: (760) 300-3647
- Kelley Hagerich MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at MPH VA San Diego Healthcare System San Diego, CA 92161 Phone: (202) 669-0628
- Latisa Carson MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Uniquely Fit Medical Weight Loss and Wellness Center Chula Vista, CA 91914 Phone: (619) 475-9744
- Lisa Shives MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Lisa Shives, M.D. Sleep Solutions: A Telehealth Sleep and Lifestyle Practice San Diego, CA 92103 Phone: (619) 944-7532 www.lisashivesmd.com
- Louis Brenner MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Sun Coast West Medical Clinic Upland, CA 91786 Phone: (909) 985-7188 http://www.suncoastwestmedicalclinic.com
- Lucia Mireles-Chavez MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Optimal Medical Group, Inc. Fresno, CA 93722 Phone: (559) 840-0066
- Lydia Alexander MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Dipl. ABOM, FOMA Kaiser Permanente Belmont, CA 94002 Phone: (415) 377-4421
- Mary Marcinko MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Riverside, CA 92503 Phone: (951) 352-0292
- Michael Mendoza MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Monterey Bay GI Consultants Monterey, CA 93940 Phone: (831) 375-3577
- Michelle Look MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at San Diego Sports Medicine and Family Health Center San Diego, CA 92103 Phone: (858) 204-2237
- Milnes Henson MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Naval Branch Health Clinic Eastlake Chula Vista, CA 91914 Phone: (619) 216-5491
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- Murray Taylor MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Rancho Mirage Family Medical Group Inc. Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 Phone: (760) 773-3379
- Patrika Tsai MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at MPH UCSF Pediatric Gastroenterology San Francisco, CA 94143 Phone: (415) 641-1422
- Pegah Mashayekhi DO weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Arch Health Medical Group Escondido, CA 92025 Phone: (769) 294-2266
- Pouya Shafipour MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at MS Wellesley Medical Santa Monica, CA 90403 Phone: (310) 400-5565 http://www.shafipour.com
- Rajarathinam Subramaniam MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Community Hospitalist medical groups Clovis, CA 93619 Phone: (559) 250-8754
- Raman Verma MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at M L Pro Corp Visalia, CA 93277 Phone: 5597338282 http://ramanvermamd.com
- Rashmi Dayal MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Kaiser Permenante Lancaster, CA 93534 Phone: (732) 319-8528
- Raymond Powell MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Physicians Plan Redding, CA 96049 Phone: (530) 223-0216 http://www.physiciansplan.net/
- Richard Bryck MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Pound Melters Medical Group Rohnert Park, CA 94928 Phone: (707) 586-9223 http://www.poundmelters.com
- Rosalind Warner MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at ACOG Pound Melters Medical Group Ventura, CA 93003 Phone: (805) 642-4830 http://www.poundmelters.com
- Sajid Mehmood MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at None Santa Clara, CA 95054-1662 Phone: (646) 505-7300
- Sam Mikhail DO weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Clinicas Del Camino Real Oxnard, CA 93036 Phone: (9512889970
- Sean Bourke MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Jumpstart MD Burlingame, CA 94010 Phone: (650) 701-1460 http://www.jumpstartmedicine.com
- Seymour Stoll MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Torrance, CA 90503 Phone: (310) 370-1552
- Shailinder Singh MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Community Medical Center Castro Valley, CA 94546 Phone: (415) 218-6572
- Sharnjit Purewal MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Primary Care Consultants Clovis, CA 93612 Phone: (559) 297-1300 http://www.primarycareconsultants.com
- Shebani Sethi Dalai MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Stanford Metabolic Psychiatry, Silicon Valley Metabolic Psychiatry Menlo Park, CA 94025 Phone: (650) 721-4419 http://siliconvalleypsychiatry.com
- Suchitra Rao MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center San Jose, CA 95113 Phone: (408) 300-8102
- Tania Rivera MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Rheumatology Center of San Diego PC San Diego, CA 92122 Phone: (858) 336-2810
- Toby Katz MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at Monterey, CA 93940 Phone: (831) 809-3459
- Vivek Gupta MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at MPH Mindful Weight Loss Redondo Beach, CA 90277 Phone: (310) 220-4543 http://www.mindfulweightloss.com
- Warren Peters MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at MPH, FOMA Loma Linda University Center for Health Promotion Loma Linda, CA 92354 Phone: (909) 794-7309 http://centerforhealthpromotion.com
- Woojin Joo MD weight loss - a program that offers physician weight loss located at 1990 Los Angeles, CA 90048 Phone: 5625523905
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