In recent years, obesity has increased significantly. From 1998-2006, obesity in the U.S increased 37%. One in three adults in the U.S. is obese.
Staggering Costs of Obesity
In an online edition report published July 27, 2009, Health Affairs exposes the costs of obesity in the U.S. Just over nine percent of medical spending ($147 billion) each year is for medical conditions related to obesity. These include such chronic conditions as diabetes, heart disease, cancer and joint diseases.
The average normal-weight person spends approximately $3400 a year on medical expenses and the average obese person spends about $4870. The difference is most often due to prescription drugs for chronic health conditions.
Weight Loss Needed to Control Rising Costs
To control these rising costs, the American public needs to lose weight and reduce the prevalence of obesity and health related illnesses. For instance, the soaring consumption of sodas and sugar-sweetened drinks for instance adds about 150 calories a day to the average diet. To help promote healthier lifestyle and reduce obesity, the CDC director, Dr. Thomas R. Freiden believes that by taxing these drinks, the consumption would be reduced and the revenue raised could be used to help fight the obesity epidemic.
Conquer the Fat-Loss Code
In her new book, Conquer the Fat-Loss Code, author Wendy Chant, MPT, SPN, offers some easy to follow alternatives for those who need to lose weight. This book picks up where her best selling book, Crack the Fat-Loss Code left off and offers additional information, tips and strategies to a healthy and successful weight loss lifestyle.
As a Certified Master Physical Trainer and a Specialist in Performance Nutrition, Chant builds a program for “macro-patterning” to outsmart your body. When trying to lose weight, the body can actually stop the weight loss process or even cause weight gain by going into a protective state as a reaction to the possibility of starvation.
Chant’s routine of macro-patterning includes alternating the consumption of carbohydrates, proteins and fats, helps the body increase metabolism and burn fat because it does not automatically assume this protective state.
Boost the Metabolism
To Conquer the Fat-Loss Code, Chant encourages five small meals a day eating every three to four hours while awake. Using her scientific education, she has designed a specific eight week program for carb-up days, carb-down days, baseline days, and even built-in cheat days. She specifies an exercise program to accompany the nutrition that anyone can adhere to. There are even days off from exercise to actually promote weight loss.
By changing things up every 48 to 72 hours, the body is fooled into burning fat. The lifestyle is not boring and the traditional dieter’s plateau is avoided.
Easy to Follow Directions
The book includes specific recipes, meal plans, exercise routines and success tracker worksheets for the reader to chart his own progress. She also covers how to deal with weekends, vacations, and holidays, and encourages readers to Forgive, Forget, and Forge Ahead if they get off track.
Conquer the Fat-Loss Code by Wendy Chant, MPT, SPN. © 2009 by McGraw Hill, New York. ISBN 978-0-07-163007-8.
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