Tag Archive: dr. sameer murali

Americ-itis

Americ-itis: The Real Epidemic

July 1, 2019 · 0 comments

As a bariatric medicine physician, I aim to help my patients lose weight, and maintain it. Recently I saw a patient who was regaining weight, ten years after bariatric surgery. When her husband lost his job as a machinist, he stopped taking his bipolar medication and relapsed into drug abuse.

why weight

Why Weight? Why Not Health?

August 31, 2016 · 0 comments

As a child, appointments with my pediatrician, shopping for new pants, and visiting relatives, all triggered a feeling of dread because they shared a common theme – each experience was certain to bring up the fact that I was overweight. Moving into adolescence and adulthood, my weight would go up