Obesity Keeping Potential Recruits out of the Army gwhqadmin January 30, 2009 Breaking WLS News Obesity Keeping Potential Recruits out of the Army Ten… hut! Listen up, people! The U.S. Army is facing a new enemy – a foe that’s keeping three out of ten potential soldiers out of uniform and...
New Device for Non-Surgical Weight Loss Treatment gwhqadmin January 30, 2009 Breaking WLS News 1 Comment New Device for Non-Surgical Weight Loss Treatment Imagine a weight loss treatment that requires no surgery… then imagine that it’s available on an outpatient basis. Fantasy, right? Maybe not -- if...
DNA Forecasts Future Obesity gwhqadmin January 30, 2009 Breaking WLS News DNA Forecasts Future Obesity Researchers from Imperial College London, the French National Research Institute CNRS, and other medical institutions compiled the results of a decade-long European...
Couple Denied Adoption Due to Father’s Weight gwhqadmin January 30, 2009 Breaking WLS News Couple Denied Adoption Due to Father's Weight In the U.K., a local council recently refused to allow one couple to adopt because the husband’s body mass index was more than 42 – categorizing him...
90 Seconds to Success – The Purpose of Pain gwhqadmin January 30, 2009 90 Seconds to Success 3 Comments The Purpose of Pain. Have you ever asked yourself why weight loss surgery is so hard? This journey brings a constant slew of challenges, but show host Craig Thompson assures us that there is a purpose to our pain. Only by experiencing the pain of shame, embarrassment and aching joints can we fully appreciate the freedom we have by losing the weight and learning to achieve emotional balance in our lives.
Dr. Adam Smith gwhqadmin January 30, 2009 Faculty With more than 13 years of practice as an laparoscopic surgeon to his credit, Dr. Adam Smith is experienced, having performed more than 2,000 procedures. Dr. Smith is Associate Clinical Professor in...
Yvonne McCarthy gwhqadmin January 30, 2009 Faculty Yvonne McCarthy, known by many as "Bariatric Girl", is a public speaker, co-founder of RYD Obesity, and an active member of the WLS community. She joins the Weight Loss Surgery Channel as host of the talkshow...
WLS News – January 30, 2009 gwhqadmin January 30, 2009 WLS News 5 Comments Tune into the January 30, 2009, edition of WLS News to find out how DNA in children indicates whether they will become obese as adults, learn about a new military fat camp for overweight Army recruits, and find out why one man was told he was too fat to be a dad. Plus, tune in for a special report from the Texas Weight Loss Surgery Summit on future trends in bariatric surgery and patient activism. We've got the scoop on all these stories and more this week on WLS News!
