Bariatric Radio

In this segment John discusses the impact of Childhood Obesity and the misplaced efforts on the part of some school districts in placing Body Mass Index ratings on children’s report cards. Even Ophra Winfrey weighed in on the subject of Childhood Obesity dedicating a heavily biased hour of her recent television program promoting misinformation related to the misuse of Bariatric Surgery on young children. Listen to John’s opening commentary challenging this emotionally charged subject of Adolescent Obesity and the proper role of Bariatric Surgery.

Debbie, a reap caller, is afraid that even after attending her support groups she still wants to eat all the time. John asks her to determine whether she is physically hungry or emotionally hungry. John advises Debbie to use her group support in a new way.
Caller #2 and Guest
Brian Quebbemann, MD, FACS, is respected specialist in Baritric Surgery with extensive experience performing successful surgery on children the youngest being a 12-year-old girl. You are invited to listen in to this privilege interview with one of America’s top experts in minimally invasive Bariatric surgery as he offers knowledge from an experienced clinician point of view.

Lynn, mother of the youngest Baritric Surgery patient in America, joins us for a privileged conversation. At 12 years old and 371 lbs., Dr. Quebbemann consents to performing a surgery that saved her daughter’s life. Listen carefully to this mother and her daughter’s surgeon as they discuss Baritric Surgery and the second-guessing and potential controversy of such a surgery on such a young girl.

Bariatric Surgeon, Brian Quebbemann, MD, and mother of his youngest surgery patient discuss weight loss, scales and calorie counting vs. measured progress by improved quality of life. At the conclusion of this segment, Dr. Quebbemann reads a letter he recently wrote to Ophra Winfrey pertaining to the misinformation she recently perpetuated on her recent television program regarding the potential life saving benefits of Bariatric Surgery.