Amazon.com: Weight Loss Surgery : Understanding & Overcoming Morbid Obesity - Life Before, During & After Surgery: Michelle Boasten: Books

Teena Massingill, Contra Costa Times , March 30, 2001
From the Contra Costa Times (San Francisco Newspaper)

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Are you one of the 58 million morbidly obese people in America today? Chances are, you've been on a diet after diet and failed miserably. But you should lay the blame where it belongs. You didn't fail the diet, nor did the diet fail you. Instead, look a little deeper and start to recognize that even if you could shed some excess pounds, the truth of the matter is that less than 1% of you will keep it off according to recent studies published by the National Institute of Health.

The theory that obesity is not your fault is not exactly new. Many morbidly obese people are not eating two, three or four times the amount of food for their bodies to grow and store "that much" excess fat. Genetic research is showing that the cause for obesity is not gluttony. Many morbidly obese people lead very active lives despite the physical limitations and challenges brought about by carrying an extra hundred pounds or more. Everything from Leptin to Dopamine receptors are being offered as real scientific evidence to show that obesity is not your fault. Many people have blamed themselves for so long that the thought that obesity may not be your fault is often dismissed. While you may not "eat right" or "exercise regularly", there are millions of normal size people who are not suffering with morbid obesity and they eat worse and their exercise habits are no better than that of many morbidly obese people. Everybody knows somebody who seems to “eat and not gain”.

Despite the closely held societal view that obesity is a matter of lack of self-control or lack of willpower, many people are beating themselves up for what is not their fault at all. In the newly published book on Weight Loss Surgery: Understanding & Overcoming Morbid Obesity, author and registered nurse Michelle Boasten offers a theory of obesity that helps the morbidly obese reader to understand and overcome morbid obesity through weight loss surgery.

Boasten explains that obesity may be the result of a broken down communication system in the body. Boasten also explains the painful reality of life in a morbidly obese body and walks the reader through developing their own philosophy of obesity and how to get out of the "prison" of a morbidly obese body.

At present, over 99% of all weight loss surgery patients are able to lose large amounts of excess weight and keep it off. Weight loss surgery isn't just the last hope; it is the only method of weight control that is documented to show a landslide victory when trying to overcome morbid obesity. Can anyone ignore such positive results?

Boasten explains the difference between the old "stomach stapling" and the weight loss surgery of today, which is gastric bypass surgery. "Many people are confused and don't understand how and why weight loss surgery works" says Boasten. "It's not just a matter of food intake, it's bypassing the part of the small intestine known as the duodenum that allows the person to keep the weight off." Reducing food alone will not result in a sustained weight loss for the genetically predisposed morbidly obese person.

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