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WAUSAU - A Wausau doctor says sugar, not saturated fat, is one of the main reasons two-thirds of adults in the U.S. are overweight or obese.

Dr. Timothy Logemann is the medical director of Aspirus Ideal Weight Solution.Patients in the program learn to eathealthier, including by eating food provided by the program,while being medically supervised.The program has treated about 2,200 people in the past five years, all of whom are adults.Some participants want to lose 30 pounds for a high school reunion, Logemann said, and some have lost 200 pounds.

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Logemann spoke about his program and his thoughts on the obesity epidemic. The answers below have been edited for length and clarity.

What made you want to treat obesepatients?

I like treating people in the prime of life when we can make a difference. This is a disease that's striking people in their 30s, 40s and 50s. You can make a lifetime of a difference if you help them then.

In medicine, we are taught to treat the primary problem. If someone has a bad appendix, you don't give the patientpain medicine: you take it out. For obesity, we were treating their diabetes andhigh blood pressure, but we were not treating the primary problem.

If we can get people to follow our program or a similar program, we give them less medicine, not more. And when they lose weight, they feel better. When patients are obese, their life is just tough.It's hard to treat, but when you are successful, it's pretty rewarding.

How is your programdifferent than other programs?

In our program, you eat a lot of your own food. You eat a lot of green vegetables, low-carbvegetables and protein. We really strike out carbohydrates, because theycauseyourinsulin levels (a hormone that regulates blood-sugar levels)to come down. When your insulin levels are high, you can't lose weight.

The key to obesity is sugar. So you have to learn to eat differently. You have to learn to get your low-starch vegetables and your protein. (In a lot of commercial plans,) you don't really begin to understand what causes the problem. You just eat their spaghetti instead of yourspaghetti. But you don't realize you shouldn't eatspaghetti.

Why are so many people obese?

Most people think the current obesity epidemic is brought on the change of dietary patterns, and the most common theme is probably sugar. When I was a kid, we had soda once a week. Now people have three sodas a day. Manypeople's main vegetableare french fries,which haveno nutritional value.

It's not saturated fat. That was a myth from the '90s. (The cause) is sugar, carbohydrates and processed foods.

What are the biggest obstacles people have to overcome when they are trying to lose weight?

You have to get people to learn to realize why they pick their foods. Why am I eating these cookies?Am I hungry or is everyone else eating a cookie, so I want to have a cookie?You have to think about why you are doing what you are doing.The culture in this country isobesogenic (causing obesity).

I do think, too, there area lot of bad myths out there. For example, exercise isnot a weight loss tool. You get fit in the gym, but you lose weight in the kitchen.

People always look at us like we have three eyes when we say we don't really care about exercise. To lose weight, you need to change your diet. Exercise is a good tool to maintain weight loss and we encourage exercise. But this idea if you can't exercise, you can't lose weight is bad.

Arielle Hines: ahines@wausau.gannett.com or 715-845-0658; on Twitter@theariellehines.

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