As owner of Keith S. Berman, MD PC, a private practice on New York's Staten Island, board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Keith Berman offers an integrated program known as Body Max Weight Loss™. This proprietary program uses plastic surgery and medication to help patients pursue healthy body weight. Ultimately, weight gain and weight loss depend on the rate at which the body processes the calories that it takes in. This process is known as metabolism, and its speed is different for every individual. A person with a slow metabolism will gain weight faster than someone with a faster metabolism if both consume the same number of calories and exercise the same amount. This occurs because the slower metabolism does not burn up energy as quickly and thus has food calories left over. The body then stores these excess calories as fat. When the body needs more calories than the individual has recently ingested, however, it must turn to its fat store. This typically happens at a rate of one pound of stored fat per 3,500 calories needed to produce energy. Therefore, to lose weight, a person must carefully balance the amount of calories burned with the total poundage that he or she wishes to shed. Often, an individual seeking to lose weight needs not only to burn more calories but also to take in less. This may occur purely through a diet or with the help of a prescription medication.
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