Losing weight should be healthful not harmful.We are fat.
About one-third of adults in the United States are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Obesity is most prevalent in the South, at 29.4 percent. Twelve states, including Tennessee and Alabama, have an obesity rate of more than 30 percent. Georgia is not much better at 29 percent.
Losing weight and maintaining weight loss must be a priority for many in order to retain health. Experts say there are both healthy and unhealthy ways to go about losing weight.
Danielle Mitchell, a sports medicine physician at Erlanger hospital, and Rebecca Hixson, a nurse practitioner at Parkridge Medical Group, weigh in with the following suggestions.