IAPAM Weight Loss Resources

Here are some physician oriented weight loss web resources the IAPAM has found that you may find useful:

IAPAM hCG Weight Loss Information

Follow Jeff’s hCG Weight Loss Journey

NHLBI’s The Practical Guide: Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults

NHLBI’s Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults: The Evidence Report

BMI Calculator

BMR Calculator

www.weightloss.com (by Roche laboratories)

Lapband adjustable gastric banding system (Allergan)

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hCG for Weight Loss Explained

Why the interest in effective weight management? The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation reports that “more than two-thirds of adults and one-third of children in America are obese or at risk for obesity.”  Equally, the fifth annual 2008 F as in Fat report, from the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH), found that obesity rates rose for a second consecutive year in 24 states and for a third consecutive year in 19 states, and “no state saw a decrease” in its rates of obesity. Finally, adding insult to injury, in March 2009, Richard Hamburg, Government Relations Director of the TFAH testified before a U.S. House Committee on Nutrition stating that, “nutritionists are now worried that Americans will put on ‘recession pounds,’ pointing to studies linking obesity and unhealthy eating habits to lowering incomes.” Read more