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Female obstetrician-gynecologists cite obesity as the leading
health problem confronting women today, according to a Gallup
Organization survey conducted for The American College of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). When women ob-gyns
were asked how concerned they were about a number of specific
health issues affecting their patients, nearly eight in ten
(78 percent) said that obesity is of great concern to them.
The next most frequently mentioned issues were: menopausal
symptoms (61 percent), stress (57 percent), depression (56
percent), smoking (53 percent), heart disease (52 percent),
and cancer (50 percent).
Obesity was also named most often (by 38 percent of female
ob-gyns) as the most serious health problem facing women under
age 50. For women age 50 and over, heart disease was named
as the most serious health problem by more than half (52 percent)
of women ob-gyns. Obesity was ranked second (12 percent).
“As part of the multi-disciplinary strategy needed
for weight reduction and on-going management, an individualized
mind/body approach to change lifestyle behavior is extremely
important,” says Susan Weinstein, RN, BS, HNC, Director,
Women’s Health Education at Saint Barnabas Medical Center.
Anyone with a serious weight problem can be part of a program
at The Obesity and Weight Management Center located at the
Saint Barnabas Ambulatory Care Center. The Obesity Center
has been developed for people who have not been helped by
other weight loss methods, and those who require lifestyle
management before and following gastric bypass surgery. Individualized
treatment plans based on specific patient needs include: nutrition
counseling, supervised exercise programs monitored by exercise
physiologists, psychotherapy, support group participation,
and integrative therapies such as acupuncture, massage, hypnosis
and herbal consultation.
For more information, please call (973) 322-7007.
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