Hope For Childhood Obesity by Tammy J. Colter It's a fact that too many preschoolers are obese and that children who are overweight or obese are five times more likely to become obese adults than children who are of a normal weight. But there are some signs of hope on
Come Meet Dan Benintendi At The OH Conference! OH Username: DANCBJAMMIN At one time, Dan used to think his journey away from obesity was just about what the scale says, today he could care less about what the scale says. Dan Benintendi went from 400 pounds to ULTRA Endurance Athlete
by Chris Waffle I remember not long after I made the decision to have bariatric surgery, I, like many of you, started doing research about how my new life might be afterwards. As someone who didn't know anyone who had ever lost a significant amount of weight and who had
Editor's Note: This article is an update to an original article posted in June. You can read that article entitled Professor Sparks Outrage With Fat-Shaming Tweet here. Professor Formally Censured Geoffrey Miller, the now infamous fat-shaming psychology professor, has been censured by the University of New Mexico. In early June,
We’ve all seen them. Those amazing weight loss stories on the covers of magazines or on talk shows. And there’s always a before and after photo. On the left is usually a particularly unflattering picture of a person when they were larger. On the right is the new, shiny, confident,
Learning A Lifestyle It's All In Your Mind: Meal Adjustments At Home Living with weight loss and weight loss surgery is a lifestyle. Following WLS or during diets, you have to watch out not only what you eat, but how much of it. That can be pretty simple at home
“My family genetics are loaded with diabetes, heart attacks, strokes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure. I was a ticking time bomb.”-Linda Hofschulte “I found the person that had been locked inside of me all of my life,” is how Linda Hofschulte best describes her weight loss surgery journey. Although
ObesityHelp Advocates: Thank You For Your Support! We would like to say thank you to the Bariatric and Plastic Surgery Professionals who are currently sponsoring our ObesityHelp community and advocacy outreach missions. Each month, we will feature a few of our sponsors. Please join us in thanking the following professionals
It is so wonderful to have my life back! My career, my marriage, my everyday life have all blossomed along with my confidence! Thank you Dr. Miles and my RNY! -Novella (Vella) Before and After OH Username: Vella Surgery Type: RNY Weight Lost: 100 pounds Surgeon: David Miles, MD
One thing that we all seem to discuss when a group of us weight loss surgery patients get together is our excess skin. Where we have it, what bothers us about it, and what we plan to do about it. We pinch it, we grab it, we lift it, we
