Governor Chris Christie: Shut Up About My Weight! New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is upset with a former White House doctor who has publicly commented about his obesity and the possibility of him dying in office should he run for President in 2016. In an interview with CNN, Dr. Connie Mariano
Diabetes: Time To Stop "Treating The Number" And Instead Achieve A Cure? Traditionally, modern medicine and the pharmaceutical industry have managed diabetes by treating the serum blood glucose number. Medications serve to bring the blood glucose number down to a more normal level, and that is believed to delay or
INDUSTRY LEADERS ATTEND BARIATRIC ROUNDTABLE Irvine, CA. - Industry leaders who are committed to the fight against obesity attended an open discussion roundtable in Irvine, California on January 15, 2013. The executive summit, hosted by ObesityHelp Inc., covered discussions on patient access to care, weight loss surgery aftercare, surgical
Is Obesity A Driving Hazard? We all know of the many downfalls of being obese. The social implications, the comorbidities, the medical costs...the list is long! Now you can add one more consequence. According to researchers, obese drivers are more likely to die in a car crash than those who
Thank You Obesity Advocates! 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 for their commitment
Is AspireAssist A Personal Bulimia Machine? Gone are the days fighting obesity by wiring one’s jaw shut, at least mostly. Weight loss surgery has for years been a proven weight loss success for many obese or morbidly obese individuals But, here we go again. A new procedure, perhaps a new
OBESITYHELP TO HOST BARIATRIC INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLE Irvine, CA.-ObesityHelp Inc., the world’s first and largest online obesity awareness focused community, announced today that it will host a roundtable discussion on the Bariatric Industry (weight loss surgery) on January 15, 2013. Key bariatric professionals will attend discussions that will include patient aftercare
Video: Gym Requires Overweight Members Only! Downsize Fitness is an exclusive gym where there is one strict requirement to join: You must be 50 pounds or more overweight. http://youtu.be/iyP1caZBj3Y
Downsizing At An Overweight-Only Gym by Tammy J. Colter So many of us share in at least one phobia. Perhaps it's a fear of heights, a fear of the dark, an aversion to mirrors, and yes, a phobia of working out at gyms. Speaking of phobias of gyms, here is
Obesity and p62: Are you missing a key protein? The obesity epidemic is taking it's toll on the health and well-being of children and adults across our nation. Like never before, researchers are conducting studies in an effort to find ways to reverse the epidemic and find other factors that
