Weighty Issues: Getting the Skinny on Weight Loss Surgery

by Scott Cunneen, Nancy Sayles Kaneshiro

Overview

Conversations with a caring and insightful weight loss surgeon. In Weighty Issues: Getting the Skinny on Weight Loss Surgery, noted surgeon Dr. Scott Cunneen gives you his undivided attention, taking the time to answer all your questions about a decision that can forever change your life! The tone is informal and engaging. The information comes from a doctor who has performed thousands of weight loss operations at a world-renowned medical center. You are sitting across the desk from him in his office. You're the only one in the room. Go ahead, ask him anything! He'll talk to you about gastric bypass vs. lap band vs. "the sleeve." What you can expect with each surgery and what kind of commitment and lifestyle changes are expected of you. Improvement or even resolution of diabetes, hypertension, heart disease. Reclaiming your health. Your energy. Your mobility. Actually increasing your life expectancy. Good thing he likes to talk. And listen.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013776869
Publisher:	Smiling Irish Press
Publication date:	01/11/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	196
File size:	390 KB

About the Author

Scott A. Cunneen, MD, FACS, holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame, a master’s degree in physiology from Georgetown University and a master’s degree in human nutrition from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He earned his medical degree from Georgetown University, where he was awarded membership in the medical honor society, Alpha Omega Alpha. A Fellow of the American Society of Metabolic & Bariatric Surgeons, Dr. Cunneen is often called upon to teach laparoscopic procedures throughout the United States and abroad.

Co– author Nancy Sayles Kaneshiro is also the co-author of BABY: An Owner’s Manual, with Dr. Bud Zukow. A veteran book publicist, she heads up The Sayles Organization in Woodland Hills, California.