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
Newtown Tragedy: A Message From OH Staff The ObesityHelp management and staff would like extend our heartfelt condolences to the families, friends, and community of Newtown, Connecticut. Our OH community shares in your grief and loss and we are all thinking of you. We send our love and prayers. To
The Biggest Loser: Season 14 to Focus on Childhood Obesity Season 14 of The Biggest Loser is set to launch in just a few weeks but it won’t be just the usual cast of obese adults as in seasons past. This year, the cast will include three overweight teens as
Did WLS Play A Major Role In Fatal Accident? by Tammy J. Colter, OH Magazine, Editor-In-Chief It was a warm summer day in July 2011 when James Heaney, a retired Plainfield, N.J. police officer, set out for what was to be a nice, leisurely day of fishing with a friend.
Wake Forest University researchers are reporting that medical schools across the country are not providing obesity education to their students, despite the fact that 31% of adults are obese and 15% of children and teenagers age 6-19 are overweight. With the obesity epidemic on the rise, and the growing costs
Hello OH Members and Visitors, Yesterday, ObesityHelp.com experienced some technical issues which resulted in your inability to access the website for about a half hour. Your ability to post and reply on the message boards, to create blog posts, and comment on blogs and photos was also temporarily restricted.
ObesityHelp.com Facebook Page Update For those of you that have mentioned that you are no longer seeing ObesityHelp in your Facebook feed, you can try these things to see if it helps! 1) Stop by and interact with ObesityHelp's posts by sharing, liking and commenting - that way Facebook knows
Obesity: Plus-sized Mannequins Getting Oversized Reaction For years, department stores have featured skinny mannequins to display the latest trends in clothing and super thin runway models have been the gold standard in visual art form for presenting new lines to the fashion world. But our society is changing, has changed,
425 Pound Vilma Soltesz Dies After Three Airlines Turn Her Away A woman’s death is being blamed on the fact that she was denied boarding on three separate flights, by three different airlines. Delta, KLM and Lufthansa airlines all said that they could not accommodate 425 pound Vilma Soltesz, 56,
Candy at the Checkout: Obesity And Product Placement So you are standing in line at the grocery store or even your local Walmart and your shopping cart is filled with everything that you intended to purchase. You are a little hungry and can't wait to get home to eat a
