Weight management often depends on calculating metabolic rates, understanding fat biochemistry, and tailoring exercise programming for either muscle acquisition or structured fat reduction.
Most medications prescribed for depression can cause weight gain, according to the Mayo Clinic. Antidepressants that are more likely to cause weight gain than others include tricyclic antidepressants, paroxetine, mirtazapine, trazodone and monoamine oxidase inhibitors, or MAOIs.
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Whether you have had a weight-loss procedure called sleeve gastrectomy or are considering having it done, it is important to know that weight loss results vary from person to person.
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Weight-loss plans focus on eating less and exercising more. As a result, your body begins to burn fat for energy. While this effect is necessary for losing weight, it can change the way your urine smells while you are dieting.
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After gastric bypass surgery, you need to wait until your body has healed before you can begin eating lettuce and other green leafy vegetables again.
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In 2007, approximately 80 percent of the 200,000 weight loss surgeries performed in the United States were gastric bypasses, according to the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons.
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As of 2009, more than 10 million American adults were morbidly obese, according to an article published in "Archives of Surgery." A morbidly obese person has a body mass index of 40 or more, while a super morbidly obese individual's BMI is 50 or more.
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Gastric bypass surgery reduces the size of the stomach in morbidly obese patients and reroutes the digestive system to block some calorie absorption, according to MedlinePlus.
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The use of fast food restaurants has risen in the past decade as parents become busier and look for a quick, convenient and inexpensive way to feed their families.
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