Question 1

what is the best way for someone who's confined to a wheelchair and obese to try and lose weight?

Accepted Answer

Calorie focus + h2o: If in a wheelchair, it is critical to focus on calorie restriction. Of course, water-based exercise is always encouraged, but not always available. If morbidly obese (bmi over 35), then weight loss surgery is worth considering.

Question 2

my daughter is extremely obese how can she lose weight when she is too fat to walk so she has to go in a wheel chair because she is fat?

Accepted Answer

OBESITY: If she is still young, start with a jump rope exercise, low calorie diet, walking when he has a problem jumping rope. She needs to loss at least 2 lbs/ week.

Question 3

what can be done about national obesity in u.s.?

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Many options: Nutrition and dietary information can be made more readily available.  School systems can improve the education of the students so they understand diet and nutrition.  Pressure is being put of some companies to limit fat and salt in their products.  In a few places there are limitations of the size of portions.  It really is a measure of education and understanding.

Question 4

how many deaths does obesity cause on average in the u.s.?

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Unclear: Obesity runs with many illnesses related to a sedentary, overindulgent lifestyle (hypertension, atherosclerosis, liver damage, diabetes), yet japan&#x27;s sumo wrestlers, who are obese but are elite exercises clearly suffer no adverse effects. Bashing &#x27;obesity&#x27; as a &#x27;killer&#x27; is good politics but the truth may be deeper -- a marker for other risky life choices.

Question 5

i  am obese?

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More detail: We would need to know your height, weight, and more usefully your waist and hip measurements before being able to make this assessment.  The cdc has a useful calculator you can use, when you have this information: http://www.Cdc.Gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/adult_bmi/english_bmi_calculator/bmi_calculator.Html.

Question 6

does obesity kills ?

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Yes!: Obesity will lead to significant problems such as hypertension, diabetes, cardiomyopathy.... The list goes on and on.

Question 7

is obesity inherited?

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Usually not: There are few inherited conditions which cause obesity. Most obesity is not inherited, but obesity does tend to be "familial". One can be genetically destined to have more efficient energy use, smaller energy needs, or "slower metabolism"; and thus may become obese even if eating just moderate amounts of food; but he won't get obese if he wills himself to eat less food. He didn't inherit obesity.

Question 8

is obesity a disease?

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YES: Many factors play a role in it.

Question 9

my problem is obesity?

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Start w eval by your: Doctor. Eat healthfully ; be physically active. Aim for 7.5 to 8 hrs of sleep / night. Hydrate w at least 64 oz of water / day. Calories burned must &gt; calories consumed.  Do both cardio ; weight training. You can mix ; match different kinds of physical exercise. This site helps determine calories burned for &gt; 100 activities:  http://www.Prohealth.Com/weightloss/tools/exercise/calculator1_2.Cfm.

Question 10

how to control obesity?

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Many issues : Obesity is the result of a variety of factors and therefore amultifactorial approach will be necessary to combat it. In the United States we live in a fundamentally obeseogenic (obesity promoting) environment. Only by increasing our physical activity, decreasing our time spent in sedentary activities, and curtailing our intake of high calorie foods can we hope to have an impact.

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