When: Tuesday 26 July 2011
Where: N1 Medical Chambers, First Floor, Training Room,
Contact: Jo Anne 072 2365861 for directions
Time: 18:00
RSVP:info@bariatricsurgerysupport.co.za
Bariatric Surgery Support Newsletter August 2013 Many of us are familiar with the terms Weight Loss Surgery and Gastric Bypass Surgery but the term Bariatric Surgery is one that you may not have come across before. The term bariatrics comes from the Greek “baro” (weight) and the suffix “-iatrics” (a branch of medicine – as in geriatrics) and first came into…
Hi-there Everybody, We have a Bumper Newsletter for you this month – Attached is your FREE monthly issue jam-packed full of interesting news and useful information about BARIATRIC SURGERY. Also just a quick reminder that our APRIL Support Group Meeting will be held this coming Tuesday: When: Tuesday May 6,2014 – Durbanville Where: Room G08,…
Wellington – An obese South African man has been told he is too fat to live in New Zealand despite shedding 30kg since he moved to the country six years ago, a report said on Saturday. Albert Buitenhuis – who now weighs 130kg – and his wife, Marthie, said they face deportation after an application…
Cape Town – In a first for South Africa, live, interactive gastric surgery has been performed at a workshop on Thursday. The operation was screened to an adjacent boardroom filled with medical staff who discussed the procedure as it happened. Source: CAPE TOWN – In a first for South Africa, live, interactive gastric surgery has…
It doesn’t matter what you choose to do: join a gym; get a pedometer and take at least 10,000 steps a day; get up every 20 minutes and stretch; or join a dance class. Get active! Living a sedentary life slows your metabolism down, it makes it more likely that you will be overweight, and it…
Before undergoing bariatric surgery, you will have to begin initiating new behavioral changes to your lifestyle. These behavioral changes will lay the foundation for lifelong changes for the better you. Failure to show dedication to the necessary lifestyle changes can risk a patient’s ability to receive bariatric surgery. One of the biggest changes for people…