| 1) Obesity has reached mammoth proportions in the United States
2) Obesity is a growing epidemic in America that affects almost two-thirds of the population.
3) Medical expert recognize obesity as a serious medical condition and one of the leading causes of American mortalities
4) Obesity is considered a serious medical problem associated with chronic to terminal illnesses – including diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure.
5) A shorter life span is attributed to being overweight or obese.
6) Being overweight or obese not only affects one’s state of mind but their financial life as well. Clothes, transportation and insurance co-payments are generally more expensive.
7) Obesity not only impacts an individual’s physical well-being but affects one’s psychological and social well-being.
8) Non-surgical weight loss programs usually render short-term results.
9) Most diets offer an average weight loss range between five and 10 percent of an individual’s excess weight. Losing 20 pounds is a normal weight loss.
10) According to medical experts, ninety-five percent of obese patients will regain weight after following diet within four years.
11) According to various weight loss specialists, surgical weight loss represents a significantly higher success in terms of number of pounds lost and the long-term benefits.
12) Weight loss surgery is prescribed for the morbidly obese because it offers more permanent to long-term weight loss results
13) An efficacious weight loss surgery provides a minimum of ten years of success
14) There is a 60 percent success rate amongst weight loss surgery patients -- maintaining their new body.
15) Even though weight loss surgery is not recommended for all overweight people, it represents a vital role weight loss and the prevention of chronic medical conditions associated with being overweight and obese.
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