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Five Little Bundles of Love 
Gretchen Slaughter delivers quintuplets after WLS | 
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 Starting Over 
by Christie Duran | 
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US Farm Policy Contributes to Obesity | 
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Obesity in the News | 
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  15 
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OH Members Before and After WLS Pictures | 
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  41 
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Obesity Gene Discovered | 
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  56 
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Word Search | 
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  38 
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Anesthesia for Bariatric Surgery 
by anesthesiologist Christine Gerbstadt, MD, RD, LDN | 
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  46 
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Facial Rejuvenation 
by plastic surgeon Bernard A. Shuster, MD, FACS | 
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McLawsuits vs. McResponsibility 
by attorney Gary Viscio, Esq. | 
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Teaching Kids How to Stop the Obesity Cycle 
by staff writer Ronda Einbinder | 
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Ask Dr. Katzen 
plastic surgery Q&A | 
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Tips for Using Your Weight Loss Surgery Tool 
by life coach Rhonda Britten | 
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Nourishing Body and Soul 
?Dame Tooter?s? story of weight loss success | 
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 36 
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What?s the Latest Buzz? | 
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  16 
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Grooming 
Men?s Skin Care and Grooming 
by fashion expert Virginia Alexander | 
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  33 
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Fitness 
Getting Personal: Why Personal Trainer Credentials Matter 
by strength and conditioning specialist Jeremy Gentles, BS, CSCS | 
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  44 
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Books 
 A Stitch in Time by Allison Gappa Bottke 
book review by author Eva Marie Everson | 
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  50 
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My OH 
Space for Support 
finding a meeting place for your ObesityHelp support group | 
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 Books 
My Other Body?A Memoir of Love, Fat, Life and Death 
book review by Allison Gappa Bottke | 
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  76 
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Nutrition 
Recipes for WLS Success 
by Patricia Levine and Michele Bontempo-Saray | 
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 Weight Loss Surgery is Only a Tool 
by psychologist Linda Algazi, PhD | 
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Motivate Healthy Habits 
by professor of family medicine Rick Botelho, BMed.Sci, BM, BS, MCRGP | 
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 Plastic Surgery: Interview with Dr. Kurtis Martin | 
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  49 
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 Patient Success: Lisa Pitts | 
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 52 
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Bariatric Surgery: Interview with Dr. Pamela Foster | 
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 At Goal: Maintaining Your WLS Tool 
by medical editor and bariatric surgeon Dr. Terry Simpson | 
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Restaurant Cards, Children?s Menus: A Rant 
by ObesityHelp member and author Perry P. Perkins | 
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