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The Ottawa Citizen - May 22nd, 2006Friday, May 26, 2006   Section: News Page: A13 Page Name: Letters Re: Fight obesity through surgery, experts say, May 22. Only extreme cases of obesity should have to turn to the surgery that Dr. Arya Sharma, co-chair of the Health Technology Utilization Guidelines Committee panel, was talking about. His co...

The Medical Post October, (2005) October 2005 OTTAWA | Behavioural lifestyle change is the only treatment for obesity worth pursuing, if you ask Dr. Yoni Freedhoff. At his clinic, the Bariatric Medical Institute (BMI), the approach to helping patients with weight loss is curriculum-based. With his small team-registered dietitian Shawna Hunt and certifie...

For Your Health - The Ultimate You Lifestyle MakeoverOttawa At Home - March, 2005 For Your Health - The Ultimate You Lifestyle Makeover Ottawa at Home March 2005Byline: Anne MoralejoSource: Ottawa at HomeAccording to Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, gaining weight is a genetic gift. In fact, your body will always be able to store calories. The secret to preventing weig...

The CandidateOttawa At Home - March, 2005Perhaps it was a frantic trip to hospital via ambulance, perhaps it was the sluggish feeling that I’ve had for the past year, perhaps it was my colleagues urging me to participate in Ottawa At Home’s health makeover. Whatever it was, I needed to get serious about my health problems and embrace a totally ne...

Ultimate You : Lifestyle Makeover Part 1 Ottawa at Home Ultimate You : Lifestyle Makeover Part 1 Ottawa at Home March 2005Byline: Anne Moralejo and Joanne MacdonaldSource: Ottawa at HomeFinding the proper balance between the pressures of everyday life, career, family and self is without question the ultimate challenge for the modern woman. Some days, it...

Big Trouble in Ontario The Ottawa Sun - November 25th, 2004 November 25th, 2004 Diagnosed with diabetes at 36 and high blood pressure a few years later, Philip Bauld knew he was eating his way into an early grave. "(I realized) with my age, activity level and diabetes, I was a prime candidate for just about everything out there -- stroke, heart disease...

New Bariatric Clinic Takes a Bite Out of Obesity Jeffrey Morris - Barrhaven Independent November 2004 Losing weight is not easy. In fact, the long term failure rate for dieters is over 90 per cent. That’s why a local physician has opened a clinic to try and take a bite out of obesity. The Bariatric Medical Institute, located at 575 West Hunt Clu...

Weight loss that sticks -- one pound at a timeThe Ottawa Citizen - October 31, 2004 Charles Enman -The Ottawa CitizenOctober 31, 2004 Losing weight is like quitting cigarettes -- millions have done both, dozens of times.It should be easy. Just lose the weight and eat sensibly after that -- enough to squelch those hunger pangs and meet your nutritional ...

A Lost Cause for a Biz The Ottawa Sun - October 24th, 2004 October 27, 2004 Staff members at a new Ottawa business aren't happy until they turn their clients into a bunch of losers. Bariatric Medical Institute (BMI) is the city's newest entrant in the weight loss industry, and it's touting what it calls a comprehensive approach to shedding pounds. The ...