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| Foreword | p. xv |
| Author's Note | p. xvii |
| List of Illustrations | p. xviii |
| List of Abbreviations | p. xix |
| Types of Weight Loss Surgery | p. 1 |
| Overview | |
| Vertical Banded Gastroplasty | |
| Magenstrasse and Mill Variation | |
| Gastric Bypass and RNY Gastric Bypass | |
| Distal, Medial and Proximal Variations | |
| Fobi-Pouch Operation | |
| Mini/Loop Gastric Bypass | |
| Adjustable Gastric Band and Laproscopic AGB | |
| Bileopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch | |
| Vertical Sleeve Gastroplasty | |
| Revisianal Surgery | |
| Jejuno-lleal Bypass | |
| Implantable Gastric Stimulation System | |
| Gastric Botulinum Toxin Injections | |
| Gastric Balloon | |
| Mortality Rates for Bariatric Patients | |
| How Big is the Mature Pouch? | |
| Costs for the Surgeries | |
| Which Procedure is Best? | |
| What Changing Your Body Image May Mean | p. 29 |
| Body Types | |
| Causes of Obesity | |
| Metropolitan Insurance Company Weight Tables | |
| Shifting the Way You Think about Food | |
| Somatoform Personality Types | |
| Surgical Remedies and Their Consequences | |
| Prejudice Against Fat People | |
| Emotional Considerations | |
| Controlling Thoughts and Feelings | |
| Negative Aspects of Weight Loss Surgery | p. 41 |
| Weight Regain | |
| Swedish Obese Subjects Study | |
| Moose's Story | |
| Risks of Surgery on Obese Subjects | |
| Risks of Malnutrition | |
| Other Risk Factors | |
| Positive Aspects of Weight Loss Surgery | p. 53 |
| Adolescent Problems | |
| Binge Eating, Bulimia | |
| Childhood Obesity | |
| Diabetes Type II | |
| Disinhibition | |
| Excessive Hunger | |
| Food Addictions | |
| Gallstones | |
| Genetics | |
| Gerd | |
| Heart Disease | |
| Hypertension | |
| High Cholesterol | |
| High Hormone Production | |
| Hypoxia | |
| Insulin Resistance | |
| Joint Pain | |
| Low Self-esteem | |
| Low Thyroid Production | |
| Metabolic Syndrome | |
| Night eating | |
| Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders | |
| Reproductive Problems | |
| Sedentary Lifestyle | |
| Sleep Apnea | |
| Sluggish Metabolism | |
| Social and Emotional Problems | |
| Changing Thought Processes | |
| Mortality | |
| How Your Biology Affects Weight Loss | p. 65 |
| Predictors of Successful Weight Loss | |
| Hunger Pangs | |
| Low-Fat and High Carbohydrate Diets | |
| Fat and Sugar Substitutes | |
| Extreme Diets | |
| High Protein - High Fat Diets | |
| Frequent Short Periods of Exercise | |
| Other Factors | |
| Why We Give up on Diets | |
| Diet Drugs | p. 79 |
| Over the Counter and Herbal Remedies | |
| Prescription Diet Drugs | |
| Experimental Therapies | |
| Weight Loss Attempts | |
| Chronic Dieting Leads to Weight Gain | p. 97 |
| Diary of a Diet | |
| Studies of Yo-Yo Dieting | |
| Feeling Full | |
| Shrinking Your Stomach | |
| The Problem with Diets | p. 103 |
| Loss of Lean Muscle Mass | |
| Super Absorbers | |
| Brown Fat | |
| Genetics Versus Lifestyle Choices | |
| The Importance of Small Changes | |
| Liposuction and Lipectomy | |
| Faulty Studies | |
| Size-ism | |
| Measuring Obesity | p. 113 |
| Body Mass Index | |
| Waist Circumference | |
| Determining Body Fat Percentage | |
| Metabolic Regulation of Weight | |
| Genetic Factors | |
| Healthy Attitudes | p. 119 |
| Environmental Factors | |
| Insulin Resistance | |
| Exercise Decreases Insulin Resistance | |
| "Set" Weight | |
| A Different Attitude | |
| Putting it to the Test - The Subway Experiment | |
| The Need for Love and Acceptance | |
| Weight Loss Solutions | p. 131 |
| The Solution | |
| High and Low Nutrient Density of Foods | |
| Honoring Signals from the Body | |
| Personal Stories | p. 137 |
| Sarah | |
| Tom | |
| Tammy | |
| Ann | |
| Jana | |
| Tracy | |
| Brenna | |
| George | |
| Maxie | |
| Mike | |
| Jaycie | |
| Grandma Pat | |
| Madelyn | |
| Amanda | |
| Keith | |
| Missy | |
| Jasmine | |
| Sierra | |
| Rachel | |
| Emily | |
| Bart | |
| Jim | |
| Kaylee | |
| Will | |
| Mary | |
| Deardra | |
| Beth | |
| Ellie | |
| Suzy | |
| Jennifer | |
| References | p. 181 |
| Glossary | p. 191 |
| Know the Changes to Your Body Created by Weight Control Surgery | p. 207 |
| Weight Loss Surgery Release Form | p. 211 |
| Index | p. 219 |
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