Health Topics: Your Health
More than 60% of the US population is overweight. Many illnesses are associated with being overweight.
Illnesses associated with obesity:
• diabetes • hypertension • sleep apnea • heart failure • thrombophlebitis
• pulmonary embolism • hyperlipidemia • gastroesophageal reflux disease
• asthma • degenerative arthritis • pseudotumor cerebri • depression
• venous stasis ulcer • infertility • skin infections
The illnesses associated with obesity are unpleasant. We assist patients in reducing those risks. Simply and softly spoken, if you develop an obesity related illness, the odds are less important, it's 100% affecting you. A medically supervised diet program is a powerful tool to reach this goal.
We use the BMI as a screening tool to access ones risk for obesity related, co morbid, medical conditions. A patient with an elevated BMI should get a medical evaluation to determine their individual health status.
