If you are a weight loss surgery patient, a support person for someone who has had weight loss surgery, or work with the bariatric population, Katie Jay has written a handy little book, Weight Loss Surgery: Stages of Transformation, to help everyone to better understand the psychological changes that occur with all types of weight loss surgery.
I came across a note worthy article while catching up on my professional reading. Researchers at Harvard University came up with some interesting results while looking at a 12 to 20 year analysis of 120,877 people who started the study healthy and nonobese. The analysis looked at that weight gain that creeps up over the years.
I spent a few days with family in Wisconsin on my way back from ASMBS in Florida. There was a houseful and my nephew and his wife came up with the perfect breakfast for a crowd, an omelet in a bag. This was new to me and what a great idea it is!
If you are in America and grumbling about your insurance company's requirement to do a three or six month weight loss program before surgery, it may help you to know this information.
