Today, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an influential panel of medical experts, is emphasizing the need for doctors to screen all adults for obesity, whether through calculating height and weight to determine BMI or measuring their waist circumference—women with a waist size greater than 35 inches and men with a waist size greater than 40 inches are at a higher risk for obesity-related diseases. And those who are diagnosed as obese are now advised to undergo intensive behavioral interventions like weight-loss counseling—at least 12 to 26 sessions in the first several months. Upon review of many weight-loss studies, the Task Force found evidence of positive weight-loss results when patients engaged in at least a dozen sessions in the first year.Holy Cash Machine, Batman. You know the insurance companies are going to be all over this.
They will put you in a room, feed you carbs and statins, make you run, and take your money.
And you will still be fat.
