Childhood obesity is a condition where excess body fat negatively affects a child's health or well-being. Due to the rising prevalence of obesity in children, and its many adverse health effects, it has been recognized as a serious public health concern. The term overweight, rather than obese, is often used
Just because you had weight loss surgery does not guarantee there will be weight loss. We don’t call it “maybe weight loss surgery”, which just doesn’t have a nice confident ring to it. Every single person who makes the important decision to have surgery to lose weight should be 100%
Before & After: Featuring Mike Strom I’m Mike Strom. By the time I turned 30, I weighed more than 200 pounds. When I topped out at 292 at the age of 46, I knew I needed help. Help came in the form of gastric bypass surgery at Franciscan Center for
by Chris Waffle It’s a common tale; Overweight person gets weight loss surgery. Overweight person starts quickly losing weight. As goal weight approaches, formerly overweight person’s friends, family and co-workers begin to say things like, “You’re getting too skinny!”, “Don’t lose any more weight!” (That’s a favorite from my mom).
Anti-obesity bias is steadily increasing in the United States but is it taking place in your own doctor’s office and in our medical schools? According to a new study published in the Journal of Academic Medicine, that just may be the case. Researchers at Wake Forest School of Medicine in
Groundbreaking: Insurance Pays For Man With A BMI of 33 To Have Bariatric Surgery For Diabetes Control Gary Breno, 62, had worked at the Cleveland Clinic for 43 years and was battling Type 2 diabetes which was not being well-controlled with injections and medications. Breno had to inject himself with
When the Affordable Care Act became law in 2010, many bariatric experts were hopeful that there would be a uniform set of benefits for the whole country and that weight loss surgery would be covered as a treatment option for obesity. But mostly due to expense worries for some states,
Hot Waffles Star & VSG Success! Chris Waffle, one-half of the comedy-rock duo Hot Waffles, has been entertaining audiences for years. On television, Chris has appeared on the Travel Channel’s America’s Worst Driver, EXTRA and G4’s Attack of the Show. Chris and his music are also featured in the documentary film The People vs. George Lucas. Chris has
There just may be another added bonus for moms who under go weight loss surgery. A new Canadian study suggests that children born to moms who have had the surgery may be less likely to become obese than their siblings who were born before the weight loss surgery was performed.
May is Osteoporosis Awareness Month! What’s Your Bone Health IQ? Take the Quiz! Osteoporosis is a disease in which bones become fragile and more likely to fracture. Usually the bone loses density, which measures the amount of calcium and minerals in the bone.-National Library of Medicine 1. True or False:
