The city of New York is one of the most happening places on Earth, the largest city, and financial capital of the United States. Home to the New York Giants, and Yankees, New York is also known as the Big Apple, the city that never sleeps, Emerald City, to name a few. Everything happens at a past pace in New York and as such, New Yorkers expect quick results when it comes to losing weight. They have no time to waste on fad diets and useless gimmicks for diet or weight loss.
Obesity in New York
More than half of all adult New Yorkers are either overweight overweight (34%) or obesity (22%) bringing the total that either overweight or obese in NYC to about 56% and growing.
Obesity epidemic in the US
Nationwide, obesity is an epidemic affecting about 40% of the entire adult population with another 30% overweight bringing the total of overweight and obese adults to a staggering 70%, according to the latest obesity statistics from Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
Causes of weight gain in NYC
Obesity is a complex medical disease and all that are overweight or obese are at the same risk. Some overweight or obese are at higher health risk compared to others based on the distribution of their weight. That is why a measurement of waist circumference is a good measure of health risks associated with obesity, such as metabolic syndrome.
Some of the causes of weight gain
- Food and Activity – You heard it before, you gain weight when you eat more calories than what you burn, although the reality is more complex that that.
- Environment – the environment can influence our ability to maintain a healthy weight
- Genetics plays a part in obesity
- Health Conditions and Medications also play an important role
- Stress, Emotional Factors, and Poor Sleep.
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Metabolic Factors such as insulin resistance play a huge role, according to Dr. Prab R Tumpati, MD, founder of W8MD weight loss, sleep and medspa centers. Affecting over 70% of the entire population, insulin resistance is the real reason why many cannot seem to lose weight or have slower metabolism, crave carbs, or otherwise stuck in their weight.
Benefits of losing weight in NYC
- Why bother to lose weight?
- Are there any health benefits to losing weight?
- Is it worth it to try to lose weight?
The answer is a resounding yes, as there are over 50 different medical conditions the risk of which increases with obesity and losing even a small amount of weight loss can have significant health benefit. However, fad diets or quick fixes do not work.
Change in lifestyle is key
For most people are obese, it requires a lifetime of maintaining the weight after losing it. It is a lifestyle change, not a quick fix, uou may need to commit to permanent changes of healthier eating, regular physical activity, and an improved food habits.
Some of the conditions that are related to obesity include the following:
- type 2 diabetes.
- high blood pressure.
- heart disease and strokes.
- many types of cancer.
- sleep apnea.
- osteoarthritis.
- fatty liver disease.
- kidney disease.
Options to lose weight in NYC
- How is obesity treated?
- What really works for losing weight?
- What are the 5 proven measures to lose weight in NYC?
Here are the 5 proven measures to treat obesity
Obesity is treated using one or more of these
strategies:
a diet low in calories such as VLCD diet for rapid weight loss
increased physical activity (works only in combination with a diet)
behavior therapy to change eating habits
prescription medications
weight-loss surgery
Is a physician weight loss program right for you to lose weight in New York City?
If you have tried many fad diets and ready to use the help of trained and experienced obesity medicine physicians, you should consider the unique, evidence based physician supervised, non-surgical weight loss program by W8MD.
How can W8MD’s Physician Weight Loss Program Help me lose weight fast in NYC?
- W8MD is not an average weight loss program – we custom design a weight loss plan that is right for you
- We offer behavioral treatment, also called lifestyle counseling.
- We will teach you how to develop and stick with healthier eating and physical activity habits
- We also believe in getting enough sleep, managing stress for best weight loss results
- We also offer FDA approved prescription weight-loss medicines when appropriate
- We offer ongoing feedback, monitoring, and support throughout the program,
- We believe in slow and steady weight-loss goals
- We offer a long term plan for keeping the weight off once you reach your goal
- We accept most health insurances for visits and our additional program cost of just $50.00 biweekly is one the lowest in the greater New York City
- Prescription medications such as Phentermine and Topiramate if dispensed in office are are complimentary
For the past 10 plus years, we have served and helped thousands of residents of greater New York City, New Jersey and Pennsylvania not only lose weight but also to keep it off! Give us a call today at 718 946 5500. What have you got to lose besides your weight?
List of areas and neighborhoods we serve for physician medical weight loss in New York City
We serve all the 5 boroughs of New York City with two convenient locations in Brooklyn, and Manhattan.
below 14th street
- Alphabet City
- Battery Park City
- Bowery
- Chinatown
- Civic Center
- Cooperative Village
- East Village
- Essex Crossing
- Financial District
- Greenwich Village
- Hudson Square
- Little Fuzhou
- Little Germany
- Little Italy
- Lower East Side
- Meatpacking District
- NoHo
- Nolita
- SoHo
- South Street Seaport
- South Village
- Tribeca
- Two Bridges
- West Village
- World Trade Center
- Columbus Circle
- Diamond District
- Flatiron District
- Garment District
- Herald Square
- Koreatown
- Madison Square
- NoMad
- Silicon Alley
- Theater District
- Times Square
- Chelsea
- Hell’s Kitchen
- Hudson Yards
- Lincoln Square
- Little Spain
- Manhattan Valley
- Penn South
- Pomander Walk
- Riverside South
- Tenderloin
- Upper West Side
- Carnegie Hill
- Gramercy Park
- Kips Bay
- Lenox Hill
- Murray Hill
- Peter Cooper Village
- Rose Hill
- Stuyvesant Square
- Stuyvesant Town
- Sutton Place
- Tudor City
- Turtle Bay
- Union Square
- Upper East Side
- Waterside Plaza
- Yorkville
above 110th St
- Astor Row
- East Harlem
- Hamilton Heights
- Harlem
- Hudson Heights
- Inwood
- Le Petit Senegal
- Manhattanville
- Marble Hill (Bx CB 8)
- Marcus Garvey Park
- Morningside Heights
- Sugar Hill
- Sylvan
- Washington Heights
- Bedford Park
- Belmont
- Concourse
- East Tremont
- Fordham
- Highbridge
- Jerome Park
- Kingsbridge
- Kingsbridge Heights
- Morris Heights
- Norwood
- Riverdale
- North Riverdale
- Spuyten Duyvil
- Tremont
- University Heights
- West Farms
- Woodlawn
- Barren Island
- Allerton
- Baychester
- Bronx Manor
- Castle Hill
- City Island
- Clason Point
- Co-op City
- Country Club
- Eastchester
- Morris Park
- Olinville
- Pelham Bay
- Pelham Gardens
- Parkchester
- Pelham Parkway
- Soundview
- Throggs Neck
- Van Nest
- Wakefield
- Westchester Square
- Williamsbridge
- Bath Beach
- Bay Ridge
- Bedford–Stuyvesant
- Bensonhurst
- Bergen Beach
- Beverley Square
- BoCoCa
- Boerum Hill
- Borough Park
- Bridge Plaza
- Brighton Beach
- Brooklyn Heights
- Brownsville
- Bushwick
- Canarsie
- Carroll Gardens
- Chinatown
- Clinton Hill
- Cobble Hill
- Columbia Street Waterfront District
- Coney Island
- Crown Heights
- Ditmas Park
- Downtown
- Dumbo
- Dyker Heights
- East Flatbush
- East New York
- East Williamsburg
- Farragut Houses
- Fiske Terrace
- Flatbush
- Flatlands
- Fort Greene
- Fulton Ferry
- Gerritsen Beach
- Gowanus
- Gravesend
- Greenpoint
- Greenwood Heights
- Homecrest
- Kensington
- Manhattan Beach
- Mapleton
- Marine Park
- Midwood
- Mill Basin
- Navy Yard
- New Utrecht
- Ocean Hill
- Ocean Parkway
- Pacific Park/Atlantic Yards
- Park Slope
- Plumb Beach
- Prospect Heights
- Prospect Lefferts Gardens
- Prospect Park South
- Red Hook
- Remsen Village
- Sea Gate
- Sheepshead Bay
- Spring Creek
- South Brooklyn
- South Slope
- Starrett City
- Sunset Park
- The Hole
- Vinegar Hill
- Wallabout
- Weeksville
- West Midwood
- White Sands
- Williamsburg
- Windsor Terrace
- Wingate/Pigtown
- Wyckoff Heights
- Addisleigh Park
- Arverne
- Astoria
- Auburndale
- Bayside
- Bayswater
- Beechhurst
- Belle Harbor
- Bellerose
- Boulevard Gardens
- Breezy Point
- Briarwood
- Broad Channel
- Broadway–Flushing
- Cambria Heights
- Chinatown
- College Point
- Corona
- Douglaston–Little Neck
- East Elmhurst
- Edgemere
- Elmhurst
- Far Rockaway
- Floral Park
- Flushing
- Forest Hills
- Fresh Meadows
- Fresh Pond
- Glendale
- Glen Oaks
- Hammels
- Hollis
- Howard Beach
- Hunter’s Point South
- Jackson Heights
- Jamaica
- Jamaica Estates
- Jamaica Hills
- Kew Gardens
- Kew Gardens Hills
- Koreatown
- Laurelton
- LeFrak City
- Locust Manor
- Long Island City
- Maspeth
- Middle Village
- Neponsit
- North Shore Towers
- Ozone Park
- Pomonok
- Queensboro Hill
- Queensbridge
- Queens Village
- Queens West
- Rego Park
- Richmond Hill
- Ridgewood
- Rochdale Village
- Rockaway
- Rockaway Beach
- Rockaway Park
- Rosedale
- Roxbury
- St. Albans
- Seaside
- South Jamaica
- South Ozone Park
- Springfield Gardens
- Sunnyside
- The Hole
- Whitestone
- Willets Point
- Woodhaven
- Woodside
- Wyckoff Heights
- Annadale
- Arden Heights
- Arlington
- Arrochar
- Bay Terrace
- Bloomfield
- Brighton Heights
- Bulls Head
- Castleton Corners
- Charleston
- Chelsea
- Clifton
- Concord
- Dongan Hills
- Egbertville
- Elm Park
- Eltingville
- Emerson Hill
- Fort Wadsworth
- Graniteville
- Grant City
- Grasmere
- Great Kills
- Greenridge
- Grymes Hill
- Heartland Village
- Huguenot
- Lighthouse Hill
- Livingston
- Manor Heights
- Mariners Harbor
- Meiers Corners
- Midland Beach
- New Brighton
- New Dorp
- New Springville
- Oakwood
- Old Place
- Old Town
- Park Hill
- Pleasant Plains
- Port Ivory
- Port Richmond
- Prince’s Bay
- Randall Manor
- Richmondtown
- Richmond Valley
- Rosebank
- Rossville
- Saint George
- Sandy Ground
- Shore Acres
- Silver Lake
- South Beach
- Stapleton
- Stapleton Heights
- Sunnyside
- Teleport
- Todt Hill
- Tompkinsville
- Tottenville
- Travis
- Ward Hill
- Westerleigh
- West New Brighton
- Willowbrook
- Woodrow
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