Cathy’s Support & Communication
Biography
Cathy is a 63 year-old married woman and mother to a grown daughter. She is a high level sales executive in the entertainment industry. In a poignant interview, Cathy reflects on over 55 years of dieting, starting at the age of 5. As a child of the 60s, she was prescribed medication for obesity: speed and diuretics as a way to lose weight. Today she says how lucky she was “not to have a heart-attack” after developing a serious sleep problem due to those medications. Cathy talks about her fears prior to surgery of having to buckle an airplane seat belt and walking into a conference room worried that she’d break a chair. She had a sleeve gastrectomy 3 years ago, lost 130 pounds and continues to maintain that weight loss.
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Discovery Expand for videos
Obesity: A Multi-factorial Problem
04:00Your Relationship With Food
03:41Is Obesity a Disease?
02:57Is Eating an Addiction?
02:51Self Image: What it’s like to be obese
03:51The Health Impact
03:08Dieting: The Yo-Yo Effect
04:59The Financial Issue: What does insurance cover?
03:52Time to Act: What was your “aha” moment?
03:29
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Side Effects Expand for videos
Support & Communication Expand for videos
Cathy, 58 Patient
Dr. Scott Cunneen MD Bariatric Surgeon
Evan, 23 Patient
Jane, 51 Patient
Jenna, 30 Patient
Jennifer, 48 Patient
Jennifer Arussi MS, Registered Dietitian
Jenny, 49 Patient
Karen, 61 Patient
Laura, 51 Patient
Lorraine, 70 Patient
Michael, 68 Patient
Dr. Mona Misra MD Bariatric Surgeon
Nancy Patient
Rebecca, 45 Patient
Dr. Karin Schwartz Psy.D. Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Adrienne Youdim MD
Biography
Cathy is a 63 year-old married woman and mother to a grown daughter. She is a high level sales executive in the entertainment industry. In a poignant interview, Cathy reflects on over 55 years of dieting, starting at the age of 5. As a child of the 60s, she was prescribed medication for obesity: speed and diuretics as a way to lose weight. Today she says how lucky she was “not to have a heart-attack” after developing a serious sleep problem due to those medications. Cathy talks about her fears prior to surgery of having to buckle an airplane seat belt and walking into a conference room worried that she’d break a chair. She had a sleeve gastrectomy 3 years ago, lost 130 pounds and continues to maintain that weight loss.
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Video Description
Having loss and maintained her weight loss of 130 pounds, Cathy speaks to how it takes a village to be successful.
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