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When it comes to things like weight loss, the general populace tends to send and receive mixed messages on how to handle it. For instance, its common knowledge that weight loss is an easy byproduct of will power and personal responsibility.  However, in spite of that common knowledge, we are in a country with one of the […]

Alabama Weight Loss Surgery: Why Doesn’t it Happen Often? Anyone who has lived in the state of Alabama long enough knows that the area is deeply rooted in its traditional viewpoints on many subject matters. It would not be hard to find someone in the state that spoke only English, were Christian, loved college football

Weight Loss Surgery Revision: What it is and What Steps are Taken How does one define when a weight loss surgery is successful or not? Can we call it one if we judge by how much weight was initially lost? Is it definable by the longevity of the weight loss altogether? Can we define it

The Discovery of 4 Subtypes of Obesity:  What it Could Mean for Surgical Weight Loss in the Future In America, and other countries that are like it, there has been an ever-increasing problem of obesity. However, it is not a problem that people aren’t willing to investigate. As the decades have passed doctors, surgeons and

Why Paying Cash for Weight Loss Surgery Can be a Good Idea Anyone who has ever lived on a fixed income or lived with a minimum wage budget will tell you that our fantasies of being rich differ than the fantasies with the middle class. Hell, it is a running joke that Millennials and Gen

Weight Loss Surgeries and Liver Transplants, should they be Connected? People forget sometimes how interconnected we are to the rest of the world. Whatever decision we make, whether we realize it or not, effects the environment around us either to the benefit or detriment of our immediate environment. And it often doesn’t come from a

What You Should Know Before You Get Bariatric Surgery Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight is always a good thing to do, especially if you’re obese or overweight. Quality of life becomes much better, you get to avoid all the health risks that come with obesity, you become healthier both physically and mentally, and more.

Obesity Vs Movement:  Obesity, as far as we know it, is a large enough problem to be considered a public health crisis. It has been enough of a problem for both the national and state-wide government to take notice. However, we are only just now scratching the surface of what makes obesity tick, and what

As our society marches on, new ideas about social conduct and diversity are being presented. There are plus size supermodels walking down the runway, and overweight celebrities on sitcoms presenting the notion that it is okay for fat people to be proud of who they are and how they present themselves. However, there is intense

There are a variety of different gastric bypass procedures. Some of these procedures involve stapling and removing parts of the stomach, and others require the use of an outside tool, such as a balloon in the stomach. However, the one the I am going to be covering is a relatively new and somewhat controversial procedure,