Dr OZ? No, REALLY?
Dr. Oz advocates WLS
Dr. Oz is taking over Oprah's time slot on TV and kicking into motivation mode. And he's going to be pro-gastric bypass -- or at least devote some time to discussion to weight loss surgery on his show. In the LEAST -- this will open up some positive communication methods in mainstream media about OBESITY. This will be a welcome change from shows about the "easy way out," you know?
Dr. Oz plans to focus on motivation when he kicks off his third season of The Dr. Oz Show, which will take over 83 of Oprah's old time slots in the fall.
He's also the cover boy of the October issue ofPrevention magazine, hitting newsstands tomorrow, and says that he wants people to be more focused on "weight loss and better sex" along with "physical activity and sleep" for overall health.
And he has no qualms about saying he's an advocate for gastric bypass surgery, which he hopes will grow in the near future as a tool for in helping to fight obesity: "I…think gastric bypass surgery will play a big role. We probably do only 1% of the gastric bypass surgeries we should do."
He explains, "Yes. Listen, if you're one hundred pounds overweight at age fifty, you have the same mortality rate as if you have a solid cancer. Would you operate for cancer? Yeah. So if you cannot lose that weight, get one of these procedures. You have to do it with counseling and full awareness of what you're doing, of course. But if you get people to start losing 5% of their excess body weight, you're really taking a big whack out of the two-thirds of Americans."
Money talks.
When I was waiting for my surgery to begin, Dr. Oz was on the TV in the waiting room. I cannot say that I actually paid attention to the show, but I did catch enough to realize that he was talking about a diet, which he was promoting. Needless to say, in the moments before my surgery, I was not interested in hearing about another "magic" diet.
I am glad to hear that he recognizes the benefits of WLS for those of us who need it.
Here is the clip if you want to see it -
http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/the-6-reasons-your-cranky-pt- 3
Courtney - Lap band to VSG revision
did you do the things he said, and do you get better sleep? and less cranky? I have to watch the rest of his tips, I've been very cranky.
once upon a time I had a group to talk about Binge Eating Disorder, and later one about Clean Eating.
PM me if you are interested in either of these.
size 8, life is great
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