The Complete Weight-Loss Surgery Guide and Diet Program: Includes 150 Delicious and Nutritious Recipes

by Sue Ekserci RD, Laz Klein

Some 750,000 people have bariatric surgery every year -- this book offers comprehensive information on obesity, weight loss procedures and dietary strategies. Weight loss surgery, also known as bariatric surgery, is a surgical procedure designed to help people decrease their food intake and change the way their body handles food -- the result being significant weight loss. This comprehensive book provides information on the many procedures that are currently available in North America, from the widely known Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band (LAGB) to Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (VSG) and the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (gastric bypass). As importantly, it looks at the causes of obesity, obesity-related problems and standard treatments. All the risks and benefits associated with the surgery are examined, including recovery, potential long-term problems and risks, and measures of success. Because diet, portion size and lifestyle are integral to ensuring a successful surgical outcome, the second component of the book provides the resources for healthy eating, nutrition, supplements and making positive changes in lifestyle. To further ensure success, 150 recipes have been included that have been specially created with weight-loss patients in mind. Not only are they delicious, but they are nutritionally sound and designed to accommodate the techniques and diet stages required after surgery. This book is ideal for anyone considering weight loss surgery, who has had the surgery or who is looking for a dietary and lifestyle program/strategies that have been created specifically to meet these unique requirements.

Genres: Nonfiction

352 pages, Paperback

First published June 17, 2011

Reviews

[GateGypsy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I picked this book up because it was recommended by the health care team in Victoria. I thought I would just dutifully read it and set it aside, to be honest. The first couple chapters really bored me: I mean, yes, of course I know that overindulging in pop, potato chips, and pastries is going to contribute to weight gain! However, once the book started explaining about how the actual surgery works, steps that must be taken to prepare for surgery, and explaining in detail about the way the candidate must eat during the recovery time after surgery, it got very interesting and useful. In sharing some of the lists and chapters of this book with my mother and sister, we agreed that this book would be a useful one to have in your personal library if you were on a WLS journey. Ultimately I'm glad that I was able to review it through the library to begin with, but I will probably buy a copy to keep.

[Jamie Holloway · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great information for those who are seeking weight loss surgery.

[Sarah Bird · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good preparation for bariatric surgery. Canadian book.

[Christine (KizzieReads) · Rating 5 out of 5]

As someone who is contemplating having WLS, I thought this book was well done. As I live in Ontario, it was nice to read a book about the different types of WLS available by someone who actually works in the field in the same province. I found it very informative, as well as enlightening. I like how the book also talks about everyone not being perfect all the time, as we are humans, but to get back to it and not feel guilty or worry about it.

I like the fact that there are lots of recipes for post operative people, as it gives a good look into how we will be eating after surgery and recovery.