Category: Past Articles
Exploring the Use of Mindful Eating Training in the Bariatric Population
by Terri Bly, PsyD; Megrette Fletcher Hammond, MEd, RD, CDE; Roger Thomson, PhD; and Paul Bagdade, PhD Terri Elofson Bly, PsyD, conducts preoperative psychological assessments for surgical weight loss programs in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and leads several monthly bariatric support groups. Megrette Fletcher Hammond, MEd, RD, CDE, is a registered dietitian and diabetes educator […]
Slim the Italian Way: A Weight Loss Surgeon’s Guide to Losing Weight
Reviewed by Liz Goldenberg MPH, RD, CDN Liz is with NY Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell College of Medicine of Cornell University, Department of Surgery, New York
Support Versus Therapy: Have You Got It Right?
by Julie M. Janeway, BBA, MSA, JD; and Karen Sparks, BBA, MBEd INTRODUCTION With regard to the provision of bariatric support group services, there exists a debate as to whether support groups are appropriate forums for group therapy and counseling, or are better utilized as a place for patients to find support, information, skills, techniques, […]
The Education of the Medical Student with Regard to Obesity
by H. David Reines, MD Dr. Reines is Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery, Inova Fairfax Hospital; Professor of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia.
Open Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: A Footnote in the History of Bariatric Surgery or a Viable Entity?
by Kenneth B. Jones, Jr., MD, FACS Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana.
Understanding Bariatric Risk—A Legal, Clinical, and Customer Service Focus
by James W. Saxton, JD; Maggie M. Finkelstein, JD; and Susan Gallagher Camden, RN, MSN, PhD All from Stevens & Lee, Lawyers and Consultants
Myth? Myth? Yes! Top 10 Myths About Laparoscopic Gastric Bands
by Jeff Allen, MD Dr. Allen is Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
Struggling to Maintain Lost Weight
by Kathy Keenan Isoldi, MS, RD, CDE; and Louis J. Aronne, MD, FACP Dr. Aronne is Former President of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. He has authored more than 40 papers and book chapters on obesity, and edited the National Institutes of […]
Access to the Bypassed Stomach after RYGB
by Gregory Dakin, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York
Therapists in Search of a Treatment Model: Adapting a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Model for Eating Disorders to a Bariatric Surgery Population
by Merle C. Goldberg, LCSW; and Heidi M. Limbrunner, PsyD Merle Goldberg is in private practice in Silver Spring, Maryland, and is co-author of Weight Loss Surgery: Is It Right For You and My Thin Excuse: Understanding, Recognizing and Overcoming Eating Disorders. Heidi M. Limbrunner, PsyD, is with Southeast Psychological Services in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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