Obesity Surgery : Stories Of Altered Lives / Marta Meana and Lindsey Ricciardi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meana, Marta, 1957-

Contributor:

Ricciardi, Lindsey, 1976-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Weight Loss--Interview.

Obesity, Morbid--surgery--Interview.

Obesity, Morbid--psychology--Interview.

Bariatric Surgery--psychology--Interview.

Obesity--Surgery--Patients--Interviews.

Obesity.

Medical Subjects:

Weight Loss--Interview.

Obesity, Morbid--surgery--Interview.

Obesity, Morbid--psychology--Interview.

Bariatric Surgery--psychology--Interview.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Reno, Nevada ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] : University of Nevada Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Obesity is a major national health problem, and science has been developing a number of ways to address it.The most revolutionary is surgical intervention to alter the gastrointestinal system so that less food/nutrients can be consumed and/or absorbed.

Contents:

Taking the leap: deciding on surgery

Responding to the kindness of strangers: now you don't see me, now you do

Changing the dynamics in your inner circle: your change becomes everybody else's

Deconstructing the self: who was I and who am I becoming?

Facing the music of self: when weight is no longer the reason

Greater than the weight of our parts: making sense of it all

Through thick and thin: planning for success

Concluding note: neither weight nor weight loss.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-262) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-87417-741-3

OCLC:

226379106