Protein Power! Our friend from Canada, Rachel Girardi, M.Sc., recently shared two of her favorite protein-packed smoothie/shake recipes. These holiday favorites are perfect for those wintery days and for every season! Enjoy! Candy Cane Smoothie (makes 1) Ingredients: 1 scoop of vanilla whey isolate protein 1 cup of unsweetened almond
Sixteen years ago today Eric Klein, founder of ObesityHelp, had a vision and registered the domain name that has brought so many people together and helped to save and change countless lives worldwide: ObesityHelp.com! He wanted to create an online community where individuals who were fighting the disease of obesity
UC Davis Study Reveals That Obese Men Are Less likely To Seek Obesity Surgery Than Obese Women (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- Even though obesity affects women and men equally, a UC Davis study shows that obese women are four times more likely than obese men to seek weight-loss surgery. When
Getting Back on Track-From One Patient to Another A lot of you are familiar with my story. I had RNY Gastric Bypass on 02/12/2008. At my highest weight I was 291 lbs. I decided to have WLS, after years of procrastination, mainly for my health and my children. I am
Peterborough Hospital in the UK is using fat suits as part of staff training aimed to improve patient care for obese patients. Training with the fat suits is supposed to help staff better understand the patient perspective, and be more empathic to the patient’s needs, while also addressing safety of
Despite all of the attention given to the disease of obesity in the past few years, some cities in metropolitan America are getting fatter and fatter. According to a report published by the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index Boulder, Colorado ranks as the least obese city for the third year in a
Welcome to 2014! The ObesityHelp Team wishes you all a very happy and healthy New Year!
Happy New Year everybody! This is the time of year where we all reflect a little bit on all that we experienced in the last year. As for the ObesityHelp Team, we think about the many awesome people in the ObesityHelp community. We appreciate and thank you! 10 Top New Year
A Before and After Celebration: Featuring Jillian C. OH Username: JLB15 Weight loss: 105 pounds Surgery type: VSG Surgeon: Michael Potter, MD Fat, Fat, Fat, that's what I've been all my life. At 26 years old, I was sick and tired of it. I couldn't move around easy, couldn't go
