Illinois weight loss

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Illinois is a state in the United States. As per 2010 census, Illinois has an an estimated total population of 12,830,632 of which adults age 18 and over comprise of 75.6%.

Adult Overweight and Obesity Overweight and Obesity in Illinois[edit | edit source]

Dietary Behaviors[edit | edit source]

  • 32.4% of adults reported having consumed fruits at the recommended level of 2 or more times per day.
  • 23.3% of adults reported having consumed vegetables at the recommended level of 3 or more times per day.

Physical Activity[edit | edit source]

  • 45.4% of adults achieved at least 300 minutes a week of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity or 150 minutes a week of vigorous-intensity aerobic activity (or an equivalent combination).
  • 23.6% of Illinois’s adults reported that during the past month, they had not participated in any physical activity.

Adolescent Overweight and Obesity Overweight and Obesity[edit | edit source]

  • 15.5% were overweight (≥ 85th and < 95th percentiles for BMI by age and sex, based on reference data).
  • 11.9% were obese (≥95th percentile BMI by age and sex, based on reference data).

Unhealthy Dietary Behaviors[edit | edit source]

  • Fruit consumption: 70.1% ate fruits or drank 100% fruit juice less than 2 times per day during the 7 days before the survey (100% fruit juice or fruit).
  • Vegetable consumption: 88.0% ate vegetables less than 3 times per day during the 7 days before the survey (green salad; potatoes, excluding French fries, fried potatoes, or potato chips; carrots; or other vegetables). * Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption: 31.1% drank a can, bottle, or glass of soda or pop (not including diet soda or diet pop) at least one time per day during the 7 days before the survey.

Physical Activity[edit | edit source]

'Achieved recommended level of activity’

  • Only 24.1% were physically active for a total of at least 60 minutes per day on each of the 7 days prior to the survey.
  • Participated in daily physical education: : 67.5% of adolescents attended daily physical education

classes in an average week (when they were in school).

  • No activity: 16.5% did not participate in at least 60 minutes of physical activity on any day during the 7 days prior to the survey.
  • Television viewing time: 35.7% watched television 3 or more hours per day on an average school day.

County obesity statistics - Illinois[edit | edit source]

class="wikitable " |- | Illinois||Adams County Obesity||32.9||32.7||27.8||27.3 |- | Illinois||Alexander County Obesity||33.2||32.9||32.2||31.8 |- | Illinois||Bond County Obesity||31.2||30.9||26.3||25.7 |- | Illinois||Boone County Obesity||32.9||32.4||28.3||27.7 |- | Illinois||Brown County Obesity||31.7||31.5||26.6||26 |- | Illinois||Bureau County Obesity||33.7||33.4||28.4||27.9 |- | Illinois||Calhoun County Obesity||32.3||32||26.7||25.9 |- | Illinois||Carroll County Obesity||32.9||32.7||28.2||27.4 |- | Illinois||Cass County Obesity||32.7||32.4||27.9||27.4 |- | Illinois||Champaign County Obesity||28.6||28.7||26.3||26.4 |- | Illinois||Christian County Obesity||34.8||34.6||29.4||28.9 |- | Illinois||Clark County Obesity||34.1||33.7||28.2||27.7 |- | Illinois||Clay County Obesity||32.3||31.8||27.2||26.6 |- | Illinois||Clinton County Obesity||30.5||29.9||25.3||24.5 |- | Illinois||Coles County Obesity||32.2||32.1||26.9||27 |- | Illinois||Cook County Obesity||25.9||25.7||26.5||26.2 |- | Illinois||Crawford County Obesity||35||34.6||30.1||29.4 |- | Illinois||Cumberland County Obesity||31.6||31.2||25.9||25.3 |- | Illinois||DeKalb County Obesity||32.6||32.5||27.7||27.8 |- | Illinois||De Witt County Obesity||33||32.5||27.8||27.1 |- | Illinois||Douglas County Obesity||33||32.6||27.6||27 |- | Illinois||DuPage County Obesity||28||27.5||21.9||21.4 |- | Illinois||Edgar County Obesity||35.4||35.2||29.8||29.3 |- | Illinois||Edwards County Obesity||30.1||29.5||24.6||23.8 |- | Illinois||Effingham County Obesity||30||29.4||24.3||23.5 |- | Illinois||Fayette County Obesity||34.5||34.2||29.7||29 |- | Illinois||Ford County Obesity||33.7||33.3||28||27.4 |- | Illinois||Franklin County Obesity||32.4||32.2||27.3||26.7 |- | Illinois||Fulton County Obesity||33||32.8||27.5||26.8 |- | Illinois||Gallatin County Obesity||32.6||32.5||27.4||26.6 |- | Illinois||Greene County Obesity||33||32.6||27.9||27.2 |- | Illinois||Grundy County Obesity||37.5||36.9||31||30.6 |- | Illinois||Hamilton County Obesity||31.8||31.6||26.7||26.1 |- | Illinois||Hancock County Obesity||31||30.6||25.4||24.6 |- | Illinois||Hardin County Obesity||33.4||33.3||28.9||27.7 |- | Illinois||Henderson County Obesity||33.6||33.3||28.7||27.7 |- | Illinois||Henry County Obesity||31.2||30.6||26.1||25.2 |- | Illinois||Iroquois County Obesity||35||34.8||30||29.4 |- | Illinois||Jackson County Obesity||29.2||29.3||26.6||26.8 |- | Illinois||Jasper County Obesity||32.8||32.4||27.2||26.4 |- | Illinois||Jefferson County Obesity||34.9||34.6||31||30.4 |- | Illinois||Jersey County Obesity||31||30.5||26||25.2 |- | Illinois||Jo Daviess County Obesity||29.3||28.9||24.5||23.5 |- | Illinois||Johnson County Obesity||30.9||30.7||26.3||25.4 |- | Illinois||Kane County Obesity||29.3||28.7||24.6||24.3 |- | Illinois||Kankakee County Obesity||34.5||34.2||31.1||30.7 |- | Illinois||Kendall County Obesity||30.6||30.2||25.7||25.6 |- | Illinois||Knox County Obesity||34.9||34.8||30||29.6 |- | Illinois||Lake County Obesity||27.4||26.9||23||22.3 |- | Illinois||LaSalle County Obesity||32.5||31.9||26.3||25.6 |- | Illinois||Lawrence County Obesity||33.1||32.9||27.9||27.2 |- | Illinois||Lee County Obesity||29||28.5||23.7||22.8 |- | Illinois||Livingston County Obesity||33.3||32.9||28.3||27.8 |- | Illinois||Logan County Obesity||34.7||34.4||30.2||29.8 |- | Illinois||McDonough County Obesity||31.9||32.1||26.9||27.2 |- | Illinois||McHenry County Obesity||29.6||28.8||24.1||23.3 |- | Illinois||McLean County Obesity||33.9||33.6||29.4||29.3 |- | Illinois||Macon County Obesity||34.3||34||30.1||29.6 |- | Illinois||Macoupin County Obesity||32.1||31.7||27.9||27.1 |- | Illinois||Madison County Obesity||33.6||33.1||30.5||30 |- | Illinois||Marion County Obesity||35.2||35||30.4||29.7 |- | Illinois||Marshall County Obesity||32.5||32.2||27.3||26.3 |- | Illinois||Mason County Obesity||34||33.8||29.3||28.6 |- | Illinois||Massac County Obesity||36.3||36||31.6||31.1 |- | Illinois||Menard County Obesity||31.7||31||26.4||25.4 |- | Illinois||Mercer County Obesity||35.1||34.6||29.7||28.9 |- | Illinois||Monroe County Obesity||31.9||31.1||26.9||26 |- | Illinois||Montgomery County Obesity||27.3||26.9||22.2||21.4 |- | Illinois||Morgan County Obesity||32.5||32.1||27.3||26.7 |- | Illinois||Moultrie County Obesity||32.4||32.3||27.2||26.6 |- | Illinois||Ogle County Obesity||30.5||30||24.8||24 |- | Illinois||Peoria County Obesity||28.4||28.1||25.7||25.4 |- | Illinois||Perry County Obesity||30.7||30.5||25.7||25 |- | Illinois||Piatt County Obesity||32.8||32.3||27.6||26.7 |- | Illinois||Pike County Obesity||31.7||31.5||26.3||25.6 |- | Illinois||Pope County Obesity||32.6||32.8||28.5||27.5 |- | Illinois||Pulaski County Obesity||33.8||33.5||32.8||32.1 |- | Illinois||Putnam County Obesity||31.3||30.7||26.3||25.2 |- | Illinois||Randolph County Obesity||33.5||33.1||28||27.5 |- | Illinois||Richland County Obesity||32.9||32.8||27.6||26.9 |- | Illinois||Rock Island County Obesity||29.3||29||25.4||24.9 |- | Illinois||St. Clair County Obesity||31||30.5||28.6||28.1 |- | Illinois||Saline County Obesity||33||32.9||28.1||27.5 |- | Illinois||Sangamon County Obesity||32.3||31.7||29||28.5 |- | Illinois||Schuyler County Obesity||31.4||31.1||26.4||25.7 |- | Illinois||Scott County Obesity||32.1||31.7||26.5||25.8 |- | Illinois||Shelby County Obesity||32.4||32.3||27.4||26.5 |- | Illinois||Stark County Obesity||34.2||34.1||29.5||28.8 |- | Illinois||Stephenson County Obesity||29.9||29.6||25.6||24.9 |- | Illinois||Tazewell County Obesity||29.7||29.3||24||23.5 |- | Illinois||Union County Obesity||33.3||33.1||28.8||28.1 |- | Illinois||Vermilion County Obesity||31.5||31.3||27.9||27.3 |- | Illinois||Wabash County Obesity||32.4||32||27.6||26.9 |- | Illinois||Warren County Obesity||32.9||32.7||28.1||27.5 |- | Illinois||Washington County Obesity||34.5||34||29.4||28.7 |- | Illinois||Wayne County Obesity||31.7||31.5||26.4||25.9 |- | Illinois||White County Obesity||33.3||33.1||28.1||27.4 |- | Illinois||Whiteside County Obesity||30.8||30.4||25.8||25.1 |- | Illinois||Will County Obesity||34.9||34.2||31.1||30.7 |- | Illinois||Williamson County Obesity||33||32.7||27.5||27 |- | Illinois||Winnebago County Obesity||30.9||30.6||27.5||27.2 |- | Illinois||Woodford County Obesity||33||32.6||27.8||26.9 |}

Causes of weight gain in Illinois[edit | edit source]

What’s causing your weight gain? - Illinois weight loss[edit source]

  • Up to 70 percent of the population in the United States deals with being overweight or obese
  • 35 percent of all adults, according to Centers for Disease Control (CDC) are prediabetic and have significant insulin resistance while another 36 percent have some signs of insulin resistance
  • Diabetes has increased by over 500 percent in the last 50 years or so and now affects 8 percent of the population.
  • Could insulin resistance explain your weight gain?

The top causes of weight gain in Illinois include the following:

  • Insulin resistance - use this free w8md medical weight loss centers of America's tool to check if you might be insulin resistant that causes your weight gain, especially in the tummy!
  • Sleep disorders and weight gain are bidirectionally related where sleep problems lead to weight gain and weight gain in turn leads to sleep problems.
  • Nutritional deficiencies are an important cause of weight gain in Illinois.

Weight loss options in Illinois[edit | edit source]

In order to lose weightt, understand the proven options to lose weight in Illinois including the following.

  • Physical activity for weight loss which only works in combination with diet as exercise on its own is shown to be pretty useless for weight loss since exercise stimulates appetite and builds heavier muscle tissue thereby negating any weight loss with calories burned. However, a combination of low calorie diet and exercise, or diet alone would work for weight loss but not exercise alone.
  • Surgical options for weight loss such as the gastric bypass surgery can be an option for some to lose weight in Illinois although most might regain the weight even after surgery and a behavior weight loss program is still needed for long term weight loss success in Illinois.

Illinois weight loss doctor[edit | edit source]

Dr. Prab R. Tumpati, is a board certified physician with experience and training in the field of obesity medicine in addition to training in sleep medicine and internal medicine. As the founder of WikiMD, and W8MD medical weight loss centers of America, Dr. Tumpati is familiar with the concepts, science, and art of weight loss medicine. Physicians practicing in Illinois interested in adding a W8MD medical weight loss program are welcome. Using telemedicine for weight loss for remote areas to provide obesity counseling and dietary, and weight loss coaching is a true miracle for many struggling to lose weight.

Illinois weight loss clinics[edit | edit source]

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Lose weight in Illinois from home[edit | edit source]

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Physicians join W8MD network of weight loss physicians[edit | edit source]

W8MD welcomes Illinois physicians to join W8MD network of weight loss physicians and the unique W8MD medical weight loss centers of America's program at your medical office or clinic.

W8MD weight loss physicians understand the factors that lead to weight gain including hormonal(insulin resistance), social, environmental and genetic factors and work with each patient individually to help design a customized weight loss plan that suits their individual needs.

Insurances for weight[edit | edit source]

As the 2010 health care law or the Affordable Care Act, popularly called Obamacare, mandates health insurance coverage for obesity as it is considered a preventable medical problem. The only problem is that most medical weight loss programs may not accept health insurance although there are exceptions such as W8MD medical weight loss centers of America.

Diet for weight loss in Illinois[edit | edit source]

One of the best ways to lose weight in Illinois or other places safely and effectively is to consider a very low calorie diet of 800 calories with either complete or partial meal replacement using specially manufactured meal replacement weight loss supplements such as the vlcd diet from w8md medical weight loss centers of America. Understand the 5 clinically proven measures to lose weight in Philadelphia including low calorie and very low calorie diets.

Exercises for weight loss in Illinois[edit | edit source]

Although exercise and physical activity is important for losing weight fast in Illinois, it is important to understand it only works if used in combination with a reduced calorie diet for weight loss. Research shows that for weight loss, exercise alone is not a very useful tool for weight loss as exercise has a stimulating effect on weight loss, and it builds heavier muscle thereby compensating for any weight loss with burning of calories with exercise. Understand the role of exercise for weight loss in this youtube video from 52 weeks of weight loss and wellness video series.

Before and after weight loss pictures Illinois[edit | edit source]

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Videos for weight loss Illinois[edit | edit source]

Weight loss videos

Fast weight loss options Illinois[edit | edit source]

These are the fast and effective weight loss options for losing weight in Illinois.

1. FDA approved weight loss medications

2.Very low calorie diets

3. Exercise for weight loss

4. Correction of metabolic causes of weight gain

5. Bariatric surgery for weight loss

Telemedicine for weight loss[edit | edit source]

With advances in technology, telemedicine can be used to help patients lose weight and is available via W8MD medical weight loss centers of America with certain limitations. Also see

Obesity and weight loss resources in the United States

Areas and territories that belong to the United States:



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