|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
When patients at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have to be weighed, they have something to look at besides the number on the scale. On the wall above the scale is a colorful quilt that conveys inspirational messages and success markers from other patients.
Linda Trainor, a bariatric nurse coordinator at the hospital...
|
|
|
|
|
|
 image courtesy of article
In 2004, Judy Austin weighed 560 pounds. The St. Louis native says being that close to 600 pounds was “very, very scary,” but she still made exc... |
|
 photo courtesy of article
Northwest Indiana residents Lorie and Todd Richmond underwent weight-loss surgery on the same day in December 2008. A year later, the couple h... |
|
 Brandy Cleveland and her husband Steven began trying to start a family in 2000, but at 465 pounds, Brandy was unable to conceive. Doctors told her she had polycystic ovarian s... |
|
 image courtesy of article
After several weeks of fundraising, Clay Owens of Charleston, SC, underwent a life-saving gastric bypass surgery on Thursday, December 17.
The ass... |
|
|
|
 image courtesy of article
Thirty-six former and current patients of Foothills Weight Loss Specialists participated in the 7... |
|
 At 22, Caitlin VanZandt needed to lose more than 100 pounds. Though a successful actress on Guiding Light, VanZandt says she ... |
|
 Weighing more than 400 pounds and with a BMI of 63.3, Eileen O’Brien was once one of 17 million people considered morbidly... |
|
 Pro golfer John Daly has been attracting media attention due to his 115-pound weight loss following weight-loss surgery. Dal... |
|
Gail Rotenburg had suffered from diabetes for 10 years before she elected to have LAP-BAND® surgery. The 57-year-old retire... |
|
 Five years ago, Laura Kruse began contemplating weight loss surgery. She had struggled with her weight most of her life, and ... |
|
 Crystal Joy Brown struggled with her weight most of her life. At her heaviest, she weighed close to 400 pounds. When a new do... |
|
|
|
|
|
|
