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		<title>Things I Didn’t Realize 112 Pounds Ago</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I’ve finally broken through that mythical 110 pound window that’s been holding me back for two and a half years. This week, the scale started revealing strange numbers. I’d been hanging out in the 178-182 range for, well, months basically. And then on Sunday I saw 177. Then on Monday, it was 176. And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obesity as Child Abuse?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I came across an interesting piece in the LA Times that has really gotten me thinking. The question at the center of the piece is whether morbid obesity ever constitutes child abuse and if there are circumstances where obese children should be removed from their parents&#8217; custody. The debate rose to new levels following the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview: Doctors, Patients, Obesity, and WLS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While I was not able to attend the ASMBS conference in Orlando earlier this summer, I was offered a unique opportunity by Ethicon Endo-Surgery during the conference &#8212; I was able to conduct an interview related to a study conducted by EES and the Obesity Action Coalition. First, let me admit to a little confusion. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catch Up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry for the lapse in blogging, folks. Life has been, well &#8230; happening. Despite the lack of posts, I&#8217;ve been rather busy over the past two months. Both in my day-to-day life and in my &#8220;bariatric&#8221; life. This is going to be a bit of a catch-all post, but I&#8217;ve got a lot I need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Letter to Policy Makers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following was written as part of my advocacy efforts with the Obesity Advocacy Coalition: At the age of twenty-one, I had Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (weight loss surgery). Even though I was young, I had already reached 285 pounds, and I was saddled with the comorbidities of obesity. My adolescent body was bearing what should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Happens in Vegas Gets Posted on the Internet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend I was in Las Vegas for the WLSFA’s Mother of All Meet and Greets. I had the pleasure of spending time with some old friends, and the honor of meeting some great new ones. I’m still trying to digest all that happened, so this post will be more a recap than a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weighty Words: Utah Doc Sparks Controversy on Twitter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shelly Binkley (@healthewoman) is a Utah OB-GYN with over 5,000 followers on Twitter. She has been named one of the 50 doctors to follow on the social networking site. But, earlier this week, she set off a frenzy when she tweeted the following: A 5&#8217;2&#8243; woman weighing 254 pounds today told me she eats &#8220;hardly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebypassedlife.com/weighty-words/</link>
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		<title>Only 20% of WLS Patients are Male</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A UK report published by the National Bariatric Surgery Registry (NBSR) reports that four out of five weight loss surgery patients are female, meaning that only 20% of bariatric surgery recipients are men. The report also lists the benefits of bariatric surgery, especially highlighting its cost-effectiveness. This is troublesome, because if surgery is so beneficial, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebypassedlife.com/only-20-of-wls-patients-are-male/</link>
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		<title>OAC and EES &#8212; Obesity Online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Saturday evening I arrived back in Texas from New York where I had been invited to attend Obesity Online, a forum sponsored by Ethicon Endo-Surgery and the Obesity Action Coalition. I am still putting my thoughts together on the event, but I wanted to share some of my initial reactions with you. I was honored [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebypassedlife.com/oac-ees/</link>
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		<title>Obesity Online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I arrived yesterday for a conference in New York sponsored by Ethicon Endo-Surgery for weight loss surgery bloggers. It&#8217;s described as &#8220;a forum to discuss the online dialogue around obesity and surgical weight loss options.&#8221; Today we have a day of sessions on different topics concerning bariatric surgery. I&#8217;ll be updating throughout the day. Note: [...]]]></description>
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