Studies show that 95% of weight lost is regained within 2-5 years. Each time the body’s biology is overridden by intentional weight loss it perceives a famine and consequently raises it’s set point weight to higher than before to prepare for the next one. Weight-Loss Treatment is Safe, Effective, and SuccessfulĮvery body functions its best within its unique range of weight, called its ‘ set point’ weight. If we consider that stress impacts our health as much as, if not more than body size, promoting weight loss is completely counterproductive.Ĥ. Intentional weight loss is a stressful, slippery slope to disordered eating and eating disorders.
Weight discrimination has powerful impacts on a person’s physical, psychological, and social wellbeing. Pathologizing body sizes upholds oppressive societal ideals, body hierarchy, and promotes weight stigma. Other determinants include things like stress management, living with a marginalized identity, and whether someone has access to quality education and/or medical care. Only 15% of health outcomes are determined by diet and exercise. Just a single round of weight cyclinig has the potential to damage blood vessels and increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (independent of body weight). What mostly determines the likelihood of someone having these conditions are genetics and repeated weight loss and regain (called weight cycling).
In fact, thin people with cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes have less longevity than their higher body weight counterparts. Higher body weight often gets blamed for conditions like cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes which affect people of all sizes. This change was based on a report funded by pharmaceutical companies that make weight loss drugs. What’s more, in 1998, the National Institute of Health changed the threshold for what was considered a ‘normal’ BMI causing millions of Americans to become ‘overweight’ overnight without having gained a pound. In reality, more representative data samples prove that higher body weights have a lower mortality risk than ‘normal’ and ‘underweight’ individuals. But because insurance companies profit off charging a premium for ‘overweight’ BMI, they push the narrative that larger bodies have a higher mortality risk. Neither does it factor in age, sex, body size, fat distribution, or behaviors and lifestyle. The equation was created using strictly white, European bodies that don’t represent ethnic size and shape diversity. It was never meant for clinical use but instead as a statistical exercise. The Quetelet index, or BMI, was developed by a Belgian astronomer in the 1830s to see if the laws of probability applied to humans at the population level. Some centers also provide integrative oncology services.)Īccess our national directory of integrative oncology clinics and centers here.Īre we missing your integrative medicine center or practice? Please contact us and let us know.Higher body weight is determined by the body mass index (BMI) scale which is widely used by medical professionals today, but has a troubling history and needs to be reconsidered as a measure of health. (Types of integrative services offered can vary widely and may include functional medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, naturopathic medicine, Ayurveda, nutritional support and mind-body stress reduction. The following listing of centers does not imply endorsement by FON Consulting