8th Mar, 2024
Despite the successes of GLP-1 medications and bariatric surgery, the obesity epidemic continues as a public health disaster globally. The prevalence of obesity long ago reached alarming levels, needlessly killing 300,000 Americans annually, and leading to appallingly increased morbidity and healthcare costs. If we truly wish to reduce the dreadful increases in stroke, heart attack, and degenerative joint disease obesity has brought us, it is… Read more »
28th May, 2021
For teenagers with severe obesity, is metabolic surgery an option now or should it wait until they reach adulthood? What are the risks, and what are the advantages? These challenging questions have been considered by both parents and doctors for many years, and some of the recommendations may surprise you. Obesity in Teenagers Let us start with recognizing the problem. An alarming number of children… Read more »
19th Mar, 2021
There is no question that a very sophisticated effort has been purposely undertaken by the food industry to provide all of us simple consumers with foods that are increasingly irresistible. And bad for our health. Delivering those amazingly pleasurable mixtures of salt, sugar, fat, flavors, and scents lead us to consume an immense quantity of processed snacks that we would simply never have done with,… Read more »