Body Contouring is a great way to complete your weight loss plan, as it takes the weight loss success you’ve earned, and carries you across the finish line by targeting those hard to lose locations like ‘love handles’ or ‘beer bellies’.
In the past decade, there has been an alarming increase in the prevalence of obesity worldwide. Obesity has been identified by the World Health Organization as a “global epidemic”. In the US, no state had obesity prevalence rate >20% in 1995; in contrast, by 2005, only 4 states had obesity prevalence rate of <20%. By current estimates, approximately 66% of United States adults are overweight or obese, of which 15 million are now categorized as morbidly obese.
OBESITY CLASSIFICATION
Body mass index (BMI) of an individual is calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters (kg/m2). American Society for Bariatric Surgery has classified obesity as per BMI values. BMI up to 24.9 is considered as normal. Overweight is defined as a BMI between 25.0 and 26.9 kg/m2, and extreme (morbid or class III) obesity is defined as BMI exceeding 40 kg/m2. Individuals with BMI >35 kg/m2 with major co-morbid condition(s) like obesity related hypertension, diabetes etc. are also classified as morbidly obese. It has been recognized that obesity is a chronic disease and any form of treatment aims at palliation rather than cure.
WEIGHT REDUCTION STRATEGIES/MODALITIES
Although regulating dietary intake of calories (low calorie / very low calorie diets), regular exercise, behavior modifications, pharmacotherapy (fenfluramine, phentermine) and herbal medications can achieve modest weight reduction, statistics reveal a high incidence of relapse with >90% of such individuals regaining weight. Since its inception in 1966, bariatric surgery continues to offer the greatest degree of sustained weight loss to the morbidly obese. It has been acknowledged as the riskiest, but the most efficacious weight loss method. In the US, the number of bariatric procedures increased from 13,000 in 1998 to nearly 200,000 in 2006.
Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BODY CONTOURING RESULTS
OUR PROVEN WEIGHT LOSS SYSTEM
“In 9 sessions, I’ve lost over 5 inches across my mid-section. I look and feel like I am 20 again! – Tricia*”
Whether due to genetic predisposition or lifestyle issues, many of us have trouble eliminating fat from certain areas of the body with solely exercise and diet. For women, excess fat is often found in the thighs, while men commonly carry this weight in the stomach. Body Light technology is able to target these areas, liquidate the fat, and provide an easy, painless waist-slimming solution, a stark contrast to traditional body contouring procedures such as liposuction and gastric-bypass surgery. With our Body Light lipo system, 6 sessions over two weeks resulted in an average of 3-5 inch circumference reduction*, a drastic change of more than just one size for both men and women*. Many clients describe these 10-15 minute sessions as relaxing, even Zen.
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