According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the seven most neglected nutrients in the American diet are calcium, potassium, fiber, magnesium and vitamins A, C and E. Ninety percent of teenage girls and 70 percent of the population as a whole, for example, don’t get enough calcium, and both girls and their moms should be getting more dairy or other good sources of the mineral.
A relatively new medical specialty, bariatrics offers help for those who are morbidly obese.
The American Association of Bariatric Surgery defines the morbidly obese as those with a body mass index of 40 or above, or, for a normal height woman, being more than 100 pounds overweight. Those who are morbidly obese are at a higher risk of mortality and such extreme obesity puts people at risk for numerous life- threatening disease, including heart disease, stroke, diabetes and more.
Sponsored by REALIZE(TM) band, the Chicago ObesityHelp conference kicks off the 2009 Regional Event Season with a host of very special dynamic speakers. Jamie Dukes, former offensive lineman for the Atlanta Falcons, will talk about his decision to have weight loss surgery and share his journey, "Today my job is to be healthy, be around for my family for a very long time and help others who are going through what I went through." Other guest speakers will include psychotherapist Mary Jo Rapini and Dr. Garth Davis of TLC's "Big Medicine," plus bariatric chef Dave Fouts.
If you're saying that too often, you might want to take a look at how well you sleep.
An Everett woman dropped 100 pounds in a little more than a year. Her doctors say the big key to the big weight loss was treating her sleep disorder.
A 34-STONE man fears he will die after health chiefs rejected his plea for life-saving weightloss surgery.
Davie Adam, 40, says a gastric band or bypass is his only hope, adding: "Food is like cocaine to me. I am addicted and need help."
But NHS bosses in Fife are refusing to fund any weight-loss surgery because of cost - no matter how obese the patient.
And Davie is unable to come up with the £10,000 cost of having it done privately.
