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  • Blogging is great. It gives anyone a voice. Blogging sucks. It gives anyone a voice. Ok, fine. I don’t really believe the latter. What sort of sucks though is how...

    In The News: The Easy Way Out

    Posted on August 15, 2011 | 8 Comments
    Blogging is great. It gives anyone a voice. Blogging sucks. It gives anyone a voice. Ok, fine. I don’t really believe the latter. What sort of sucks though is how...

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  • So… I missed out on the whole NY trip a couple months ago that was put on by the OAC and Ethicon Endo-Surgery, but they’re still doing more stuff… and...

    Let’s Talk Obesity

    Posted on June 9, 2011 | No Comments
    So… I missed out on the whole NY trip a couple months ago that was put on by the OAC and Ethicon Endo-Surgery, but they’re still doing more stuff… and...

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  • Remember my recent posting about Dr. David Katz’s article on how doctors need to learn how to deal with their obese patients better? Well here’s a doctor that maybe could...

    Is Obesity a Laughing Matter?

    Posted on April 27, 2011 | 4 Comments
    Remember my recent posting about Dr. David Katz’s article on how doctors need to learn how to deal with their obese patients better? Well here’s a doctor that maybe could...

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  • As a former fat dude myself, there wasn't a single point in my life since about high school where I wasn't conscious of the fat that I was "overweight". And in later years, despite the kind protests from friends and such about how I didn't look I was "all that heavy", I was painfully aware (both physically and emotionally) of my obesity.

    Doctors, Heal Thyselves

    Posted on March 16, 2011 | 17 Comments
    As a former fat dude myself, there wasn't a single point in my life since about high school where I wasn't conscious of the fat that I was "overweight". And in later years, despite the kind protests from friends and such about how I didn't look I was "all that heavy", I was painfully aware (both physically and emotionally) of my obesity.

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  • There’s been a lot of media talk surrounding “fat people” lately. It sort of falls under the adage of any publicity is good publicity in that it is getting the...

    Humiliation or Motivation?

    Posted on November 23, 2010 | 5 Comments
    There’s been a lot of media talk surrounding “fat people” lately. It sort of falls under the adage of any publicity is good publicity in that it is getting the...

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  • There was another big media thing this last week that brought up how the obese are treated at times. This time it was “What Would You Do?”, a program produced...

    What Would You Do?

    Posted on November 16, 2010 | 4 Comments
    There was another big media thing this last week that brought up how the obese are treated at times. This time it was “What Would You Do?”, a program produced...

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  • If you’re a WLS patient, and even if you’re not, you will have to have been living in a deep dark cave to have not heard about the recent bru-ha-ha...

    Mike and Molly Aren’t Normal

    Posted on November 1, 2010 | 4 Comments
    If you’re a WLS patient, and even if you’re not, you will have to have been living in a deep dark cave to have not heard about the recent bru-ha-ha...

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