A new report published by the American Journal of Public Health has revealed that obesity may be the cause of almost four times more deaths than previously thought and that previous research has likely underestimated the impact obesity has on mortality rates in the US. In a study that spanned
As it happens every year, this morning I was standing in line at the grocery store and happened upon this: It’s People magazine’s annual (I believe) issue highlighting dramatic weight loss stories. As per usual, there are before pictures of overweight people and then after pictures, usually of women in
Editor’s Note: This article by Dr. Arya M. Sharma is part two of a five part series, “Why Bariatric Surgery Can Fail”. ObesityHelp will publish the entire series throughout the month of August. Part one can be found here. Why Bariatric Surgery Can Fail (Part 2) Perhaps the short
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Make Your Calories Count! In the every day hustle and bustle of our lives it's tempting to just grab the most convenient snack for that quick fix in between meals. For many of us, that easy to reach snack often includes an unhealthy food choice. What starts out as a handful
Habits fill your life. Most of life is habitual. You do the same things you did yesterday, the day before, every day for the last month, and every day the last year. Habits provide continuity, stability and predictability in an ever-changing world. Habits, good or bad, play a big part
Hope For Childhood Obesity by Tammy J. Colter It's a fact that too many preschoolers are obese and that children who are overweight or obese are five times more likely to become obese adults than children who are of a normal weight. But there are some signs of hope on
Come Meet Dan Benintendi At The OH Conference! OH Username: DANCBJAMMIN At one time, Dan used to think his journey away from obesity was just about what the scale says, today he could care less about what the scale says. Dan Benintendi went from 400 pounds to ULTRA Endurance Athlete
by Chris Waffle I remember not long after I made the decision to have bariatric surgery, I, like many of you, started doing research about how my new life might be afterwards. As someone who didn't know anyone who had ever lost a significant amount of weight and who had
Editor's Note: This article is an update to an original article posted in June. You can read that article entitled Professor Sparks Outrage With Fat-Shaming Tweet here. Professor Formally Censured Geoffrey Miller, the now infamous fat-shaming psychology professor, has been censured by the University of New Mexico. In early June,
