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Will 2012 Be Your Year for Weight Loss Surgery?
Now that 2012 is here, it’s time to make a resolution that will have a lasting impact on your health and happiness. Obesity is a serious condition and is a leading cause of death is in the United States. Weight …
Know Your Weight Loss Options
Have you tried every diet you have ever heard of—yet you still struggle with weight? This can be very frustrating, because you want to make a change, but you don’t know how to go about it. If you are overweight …
Before Weight Loss Surgery
Very often, when we talk about weight loss surgery, or bariatric surgery, we focus on results and what a patient can expect post surgery. However, it’s also important to consider what goes into preparing prior to weight loss surgery. Promising …
Categories: Weight Loss
Tags: bariatric surgery, diet, exercise, Florida, preparation, St. Petersburg General Hospital, weight loss
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Crash Diets and Your Health
For many of us, maintaining a healthy weight seems like a constant uphill battle. It can be tempting to try the “diet of the day” to shed some weight quickly. But it’s important to remember that these fad or crash …
Categories: Weight Loss
Tags: Atkins, bariatric surgery, crash diets, St. Petersburg General Hospital, weight loss
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Healthy Weight Challenge!
Ready, set, lose! St. Petersburg General Hospital is in a “healthy” competition to see which department in the hospital can lose the most weight among employees. Last year’s competition was such a success, we’ve decided to make it a yearly …
Weight at Middle Age Helps Predict Future Health
By Alicia Verity, MSPH, iTriagehealth.com A recent study published in the British Medical Journal conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) researchers suggests women who are overweight (have adiposity) in mid-life …
Stick with Your Weight Loss Resolution This Year
January is officially over… so how are those resolutions you made a month ago holding up? Many of us made plans to hit the gym on a daily basis or cut sugar from our diets. But the best of intentions …
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolution
By Alicia Verity, MSPH of iTriagehealth.com Making a significant, lasting change in behavior is not a simple process. It involves a substantial commitment of your time, effort, and emotion. Below are some tips to make you successful. Be careful with …
Categories: Weight Loss
Tags: alcohol, chocolate, drinking, smoking, tobacco
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Steps to a Bariatric Friendly Holiday
Bariatric surgery changes the structure of your digestive system in which the size of your stomach is made to hold less, therefore; you will have a full feeling after eating a few bites of food. Following your surgery, a dietician …
What You Should Know about Heart Health and Obesity
You’ve seen it on the news: obesity is a growing problem in our country. As our society becomes more sedentary and overweight, the possibility for more health issues at an earlier age skyrockets. Diseases related to obesity include diabetes, coronary …