Taming Obesity
Apr 01, 2011 12:53AM
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Diane Carr
Obesity is out of control. Characterized by a much higher amount of body fat than lean muscle mass or when one’s body mass index (BMI) is over 30, obesity is wreaking havoc in the general population with side effects that include diabetes, cardio-vascular disease, cancer, sleep apnea, arthritis, menstrual abnormalities, hyperlipidemia, and Alzheimer’s. Deepti Sadhwani, MD confronts these problems head on by helping patients understand obesity and how to get it under control. With 1.7 billion people world wide overweight or obese and the number of obese adolescents tripling over the last 20 years, the time has come to tame the obesity beast.
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