A friend recently visited the show and announced that after years of struggling with her weight she’s decided to have bariatric surgery. It made me sad. I’ve experienced the same ups and downs, but I always believed there was a natural answer for me. It took a while to find that answer, but I did, and I’ve been all the happier for it. My solution came with no anesthesia, no surgery, no hospital stay, no recovery period and no side effects.

I believe what my friend is experiencing is an addiction to food. But instead of treating obesity like an addiction to food, doctors often treat it like a disease.

What health practitioners and others in the field of weight loss all too often fail to address is the patient’s relationship with food. Unlike drugs and alcohol, food is a necessity, and abstaining forever is not an option.

Robin Quivers: Exploring Solutions for Obesity

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