With one in three children in the United States being obese or overweight, the seriousness of childhood obesity cannot be ignored. Statistics show that children who are obese (compared to those of an average weight) are five times more likely to become obese adults. It is without a doubt that
Get The Real Skinny On Plastic Surgery From Dr. Katzen! Dr. J. Timothy Katzen is dedicated to helping weight loss surgery patients achieve a better contoured shape with plastic surgery. He has created innovative plastic surgical techniques that minimize scars and maximize skin and fat removal. Dr. Katzen has performed
Let's Get Real! by Dan Benintendi Let's play out a scenario... I am 400 pounds, have sleep spnea, borderline high blood pressure, and can barely walk from my door to the car without losing my breathe. I eat 7 square meals a day, usually comprised of extremely high-fat content, tons
Remembering Why You Have Had Or Are Having Weight Loss Surgery Do you remember the time before you had weight loss surgery? Think back — how did you feel moving in your body doing every day routine tasks? How was your energy level? How fulfilled did you feel in your
Editor’s Note: This article by Dr. Arya M. Sharma is part five of a five part series, “Why Bariatric Surgery Can Fail”. Links to the previous articles are located at the bottom of the page. Why Bariatric Surgery Can Fail (Part 5) So, just to wind down this series,
The year was 1998 and the concept of "social networking" was merely conversing with friends on online message boards. As a pioneer and pace-setter, ObesityHelp’s social community was launched making OH one of the first recorded social networks on the internet! Our founder, Eric Klein, had a vision to create
Learn, Share, And Connect At ObesityHelp Events! Not only did ObesityHelp host a national conference in Texas in 2011, we hit the road again and traveled to Seattle in July of that same year where we held yet another fantastic conference! As with any ObesityHelp event, forever friendships were formed
ObesityHelp members know how to rock those photo booth sessions! What would an ObesityHelp event be without those fun photo booth sessions and OH members mugging it up for the camera? Such precious memories are created as so many who have met and chatted online meet face-to-face for the first
Bariatric Bad Girls Founder On Non-Scale Victories At The ObesityHelp Conference Beth Sheldon-Badore is known as “Melting Mama” in the bariatric/weight loss surgery community and blogging communities. She’s the founder of the Bariatric Bad Girls Club, a social support and advocacy group for bariatric patients. Beth inspires those around her with her
Lack of Sleep Can Cause Weight Gain Sleep is essential. When we sleep, it is the time our bodies replenish, repair the mental and physical wear-and-tear from the day. With all of the conveniences of cell phones, computers, PDAs and other means we are use to being “on”! Some of
