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Host: What is a healthy pace to lose weight?
Dr. William McCarthy: After weight loss surgery or under strict medical supervision, a person can lose three or more pounds per week. In general, a good weight loss rate would be a pound or two per week, but when we look at weight loss, we really need to look at the long term. It's more important to lose 5 or 10% of the body weight and keep it off than it is to lose weight quickly. A 5-10% weight loss can really enhance ones health. It can actually, reverse or at least partially reverse some of the medical consequences of obesity. The role of rapid weight loss is more to feel good, the more to be able to feel that you can lose weight to gain confidence, to start being able to fit in one s clothes, to start being able to exercise and once a person starts to lose weight, they can maintain it better if they get an initial good start in weight loss.
Expert: William McCarthy
Medical Director, Nova ABC Weight Loss Clinic
Dr. William McCarthy is the Medical Director at the NOVA ABC Weight Loss ClinicDr. McCarthy has been in private medical practice in the Northern Virginia area since 1976. He received a BS (Magna cum laude) at Xavier University in Cincinnati, his M.D. degree at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C, and served his internship and residency in Family Practice at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals in More »
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This video is about obesity and weight issues in our society, which is now recognized by the medical profession as the world's #1 health problem. I will answer your questions about the impact of excess weight; the More »
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