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Preventing Holiday Weight Gain May Be Easier than You Think American Society of Bariatric Physicians ConsumerFeature
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READER SCRIPT MANY ARE OVERWEIGHT--AND WONDERING HOW TO GET THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS WITHOUT THE USUAL 10- TO 15-POUND WEIGHT GAIN. DO YOU SALIVATE WHEN THINKING ABOUT HOLIDAY FARE? YOU CAN SAMPLE TREATS WITHOUT GAINING. EXPERTS ADVISE THAT YOU SHOULD BRING YOUR OWN FOOD TO PARTIES--AND SHARE. ALSO, USE SMALLER PLATES--AS THEY HOLD LESS FOOD. IN ADDITION, TALK ABOUT HEALTH--AS THE CHATTER WILL KEEP YOU FROM NIBBLING. FURTHERMORE, BEFORE DINING AWAY FROM HOME, EAT A SMALL PROTEIN MEAL--IN ORDER TO DECREASE APPETITE. FINALLY, IF YOU NEED HELP--NOT CRITICISM--CONTACT A BARIATRICIAN--A MEDICAL EXPERT WHO KNOWS HOW TO USE SCIENCE TO BOTH GUARD YOUR HEALTH AND MAXIMIZE YOUR EFFORTS. THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BARIATRIC PHYSICIANS IS THE LARGEST GROUP OF PHYSICIANS SKILLED IN TREATING OVERWEIGHT AND RELATED HEALTH CONDITIONS. FOR MORE INFORMATION, LOG ONTO W-W-W-DOT-"A-S-B-P"-DOT-ORG--OR CALL 303-770-2526. For more information regarding Consumer Radio Network programming--including a full listing of current ConsumerFeatures--click here. |
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