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Ring in the New Year in Healthy Fashion!

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Need a kickstart for the New Year?  Looking for a healthy way to celebrate the start of 2015?  Resolved to get your weight loss surgery journey "back on track" in the New Year?  Then consider starting a new tradition by taking one of the many First Day Hikes offered throughout NYS on January 1, 2015. These are guided hikes that give you the opportunity to get out and learn a little more about the beautiful state of New York, as well as celebrate the New Year in a healthy fashion. No matter where you are in NYS, there is a hike nearby! Check out http://parks.ny.gov/ for more info.



Top 5 Holiday Tips, Bari-Cat-Trics Style

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Top 5 Holiday Tips, Bari-Cat-Trics Style

1) If there is a large green thing in your living room with shiny objects all over, don’t scale it like Mount Everest- “the people” don’t like that.

2) Don’t eat the yellow snow, I created that yellow snow.

3) Don’t believe “the people” when they sing of a partridge in a pear tree…you’ll wait all day for that bird and it won’t come.  Go for the sure thing- cookies and milk left out for Santa (pet safe cookies, of course).

4) Booby trap the floor with broken Christmas bulbs so Aunt Millie can't get to you with her incessant face smushing and coochie- cooing.  

5) When "the people" insist on dressing you in Santa hats, reindeer ears, and elf shoes, smile real big for the camera and then go hit up the spiked eggnog.

Happy Holidays from Dr. Graber's Office!



Top 10 Holiday Tips, Bariatric Style

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Top 10 Holiday Tips, Bariatric Style 1) Consider buying/making sweet treats closer to the day you need them 2) Plan well, no leftovers or give them away…“out of house, out of mouth” 3) Be leery of “bargains”, 2 for 1 junk foods at the store are 2 more than needed and NOT a bargain for your waistline. 4) Think ahead- do plan to have your favorites 5) Downsize your plate- we tend to over-serve on larger plates. And, on average, we eat 92% of what we are served. Use the bread or salad plate, 5-7 inch diameter



Bariatric Surgery Adds Healthy Years to Your Life

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New Study in The Lancet: Years of life lost and healthy life-years lost from diabetes and cardiovascular disease in overweight and obese people: a modelling study. This study showed the effects of excess weight on years of life lost. These effects were greatest for young men. 



Bariatric Surgeons Let Loose, Elfstyle

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When they're not busy in the operating room or on call, our Bariatric surgeons like to to do some freestyle. Check out their fancy footwork!