The study's results were based on a telephone survey of 107,804 adults. Researchers specifically found that fewer people were approaching weight control by combining just caloric reduction and exercise. Less than half of all men and women were exercising at recommended levels. Serdula is an epidemiologist with the CDC's Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity. In addition to focusing on caloric reduction and exercise, the guidelines cover goals for weight loss that precede considerations for prescription drug use or surgery.
Current weight multiplied by ten roughly equals the calories needed to maintain weight.
Subtracting five hundred from that allows for weight loss. In February, the Federal Trade Commission published a set of voluntary standards for the consumer weight loss industry, aimed at standardizing advertising claims and including information on the risk factors of being overweight and the difficulty of maintaining weight loss. The rates have been increasing steadily, and we know the inherent risk factors. Serdula says overweight people are at risk for high blood pressure and cholesterol, diabetes, coronary heart disease, and stroke. The NIH guidelines add gallbladder disease, osteoarthritis, sleep and respiratory disorders, and some cancers to that list.