Information in The Future of Weight Loss is provided for awareness, education and general information. Health benefits of various medicines, diets, weight-loss strategies and foods are the opinions of the authors and /or those they interviewed, and there may be differing views on many of the topics covered, including evolving research, opinions, benefits and efficacy. This magazine is meant to inform the general reader and is not a substitute for medical advice from a physical or nutritional advice for a dietitian and /or nutritionist.
THE FUTURE OF Weight Loss
CHAPTER 1 SCIENCE PUSHES BACK Confronting an Epidemic • HOW MODERN LIFE MADE US LARGER
THE END OF obesity • SCIENCE FINALLY HAS THE TREATMENTS TO BRING UNHEALTHY LEVELS OF WEIGHT DOWN FOR MOST OF US. WE’RE JUST AT THE STARTING GATE, BUT OVER THE NEXT DECADE, THE EPIDEMIC OF TOO MANY POUNDS SHOULD COME UNDER CONTROL.
BY THE NUMBERS • WORLDWIDE, MORE THAN 1 BILLION PEOPLE LIVE WITH OBESITY: 650 MILLION ADULTS, 340 MILLION ADOLESCENTS AND 39 MILLION CHILDREN.
It Starts Young • OBESITY IN CHILDREN IS RISING DRAMATICALLY, AND IT COMES WITH MAJOR—AND SOMETIMES LIFELONG—HEALTH CONSEQUENCES.
What Parents Can Do • HELP YOUR CHILD FOCUS ON GETTING HEALTHY, NOT LOSING WEIGHT.
Metabolic Meltdown • CHAINED TO OUR DESKS FOR EIGHT HOURS SURROUNDED BY FAST-FOOD RESTAURANTS WITH CALORIE-DENSE FARE, INHABITING URBAN AND SUBURBAN ENVIRONMENTS WHERE DRIVING RATHER THAN WALKING RULES, MANY OF US HAVE SLOWED AND DAMAGED OUR ME TABOLISMS, LEADING TO THE INCREASE IN BODY SIZE WE SEE TO DAY.
How the Outside World Affects Your Weight
When Meds Cause Us To Gain Weight
CRACKING THE CODE • CAREL LE ROUX HELPED PIONEER BREAKTHROUGH HORMONAL THERAPIES FOR TREATING OBESITY AT ITS ROOT, IN THE BRAIN. IN THE Q&A HERE, HE DESCRIBES THOSE EARLY LEAPS AND THE REVOLUTION IN WEIGHT MANAGEMENT THAT FOLLOWED.
CHAPTER 2 THE WEIGHT MAY SOON BE OVER Treating the Hungry Brain • DOCTORS HAVE A NEW ARSENAL TO HELP PATIENTS SHED POUNDS
View From the Clinic • THE HORMONE THERAPIES FOR OBESITY ARE STILL NEW, BUT THEY’VE ALREADY MADE A SPLASH. BEFORE YOU WADE IN, CONSIDER THESE TIPS FROM PATIENTS AND DOCTORS ON THE FRONT LINES OF CARE.
A Good-Looking Guy
Switching Meds Does the Trick
Big Struggle, Big Success
UNDERSTANDING THE NEW TREATMENTS • WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HOW THEY WERE CREATED AND HOW THEY WORK
FIRST THERE WAS DIABETES
The Early Diabetes Drugs
THE EPIC FAIL OF OUR DIETING CULTURE
PAVING THE WAY FOR A REVOLUTION
The Original Anti-Obesity Drugs
A LITTLE DICTIONARY OF TERMS
THE BLOCKBUSTER ANTI-OBESITY DRUGS ARRIVE
The Health Benefits
A Fix for Metabolism and the Brain
COMING THROUGH THE PIPELINE • THE NEXT GENER ATION OF MEDS SHOULD WORK BETTER, COST LESS AND BEE ASIER TO TAKE, POTENTIALLY CUTTING LEVELS OF OBESITY WORLDWIDE.
CHAPTER 3 GETTING PAST THE Hurdles Ahead • HOW TO HANDLE INSURANCE DENIALS, DRUG SHORTAGES AND ALL THOSE SIDE EFFECTS
When You Have Side Effects • FROM NAUSEA TO CONSTIPATION TO FATIGUE, COMMON SYMPTOMS CAN CAUSE DISCOMFORT. SOME PATIENTS GET SO SICK THEY MUST STOP THE DRUGS. HER E’S WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR AND HOW TO GET THROUGH.
HELPFUL HABITS • DOCTORS RECOMMEND THESE 10 MEALTIME STRATEGIES FOR MITIGATING THE LIKELIHOOD AND SEVERITY OF COMMON SIDE EFFECTS.
AMY SCHUMER
SHARON OSBOURNE
THE INSURANCE FIASCO • WHILE OBESITY IS A TRUE DISEASE, IT ISN’T COVERED AS IF IT IS. BUT THERE’S HOPE A HEAD.
You Can’t Count on Coverage • A PATIENT STARTED WEGOVY ON A COUPON AND LOST 15 POUNDS. THEN HER PRIVATE INSURER SAID NO.
Dealing With the Shortages • HERE’S HOW DOCTORS...