ByJohn Phillip on 11/27/2010 Our body has evolved to use a very efficient pair of hormones which signal the brain when it`s time to eat, or when we’ve had enough food. Leptin and ghrelin are the hormonal messengers responsible for our desire to eat, our craving for certain foods and whether we store excess calories…
By Dan Orzech Social Work Today Vol. 5 No. 6 P. 24 More and more obese Americans are going under the knife to lose weight. Bariatric surgery—the medical term for weight-loss surgery—is growing dramatically in popularity in the United States as increasing numbers of people struggle to lose large amounts of weight. Surgically shrinking the…
61% of South Africans are overweight, obese or morbidly obese. Obesity % by major city are as follows Cape Town (72% ) Pretoria (68%), Johannesburg (59%) Durban (52%).
Some of the most important lifestyle changes to adapt to after weight loss surgery include: Slowly increasing physical activity Assessing and logging in daily food intake Undergoing counseling to adapt to the changing body image Eliminating social situations that promote overeating Tackling any emotional issues that triggered overeating with a therapist Making time to prepare…