Obesity is a Disease (NIH Consensus Statement, 1985) We owe it to the people that are afflicted with this disease called Obesity to let them know that: ~Diets and Diet Programs, whether individual or commercial, medically supervised or not, have a greater than 95% failure rate in the long run. ~Pills do not work. ~Behavior modification programs do not work. ~Losing weight (and keeping it off) is almost impossible for the severly obese and moderately obese by any modern means, with the exception of surgery. ~Obesity is a severe medical problem, not a benign condition.  Genetic predisposition and behavior are major factors of this disease. ~Do you know that there are hundreds of weight loss programs, but only 5% of those programs by themselves benefit the severly overweight?  ~Another interesting point is that only 1% of obese patients that loose a significant amount of weight with weight loss programs will keep it off. ~Surgery is the only viable solution for the severly overweight (BMI 40 or above).

I received a packet of info from my doctor's office and included in it was the following statement:

Please e-mail me if you have questions, comments, concerns, or just want to chat!  :-)

Check out these graphics!

Hosted by www.Geocities.ws