title: Weight Loss: A Patient and Physician's Perspective.
abstract: This article, co-authored by a patient affected by obesity and an obesity medicine specialist, discusses the patient's experience of living with the disease and using many different weight loss approaches until finding a lifestyle program that was appropriate for her metabolism. The physician discusses the scientific basis of insulin resistance, and why the chosen lifestyle program worked so well for this individual.
authors.affiliation: Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Lynne Daniel
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Ivey
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 4220 North Roxboro Street, Durham, NC, 27704, USA. ewestman@duke.edu.
authors.forename: Eric C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Westman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D050528:Diet, Carbohydrate-Restricted / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D009765:Obesity / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D011788:Quality of Life; D015431:Weight Loss / Q000502:physiology
keywords: Low-carbohydrate lifestyle; Metabolism; Obesity; Weight loss