http://www.yourhealthupdates.com/gastric-band-without-the-band/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gastric-band-without-the-band The Latest Health and Wellness News Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.yourhealthupdates.com/gastric-band-without-the-band/comment-page-1/#comment-1258 Bethany Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:16:35 +0000 http://www.yourhealthupdates.com/gastric-band-without-the-band/#comment-1258 This is great in theory, but if obese people could control the amount of food that they eat, they likely wouldn't be in this situation to begin with! Much of American obesity comes with portion control, and I know many Americans are not capable of sticking to a portion-controlled diet without the aid of things like a gastric band or hunger suppresants. Now if this sort of plan works for some people, that's great--but I think to tout it as "gastric banding without the band" is a great misrepresentation of what the plan is. It's just portion control relying entirely on willpower alone. This is great in theory, but if obese people could control the amount of food that they eat, they likely wouldn’t be in this situation to begin with! Much of American obesity comes with portion control, and I know many Americans are not capable of sticking to a portion-controlled diet without the aid of things like a gastric band or hunger suppresants. Now if this sort of plan works for some people, that’s great–but I think to tout it as “gastric banding without the band” is a great misrepresentation of what the plan is. It’s just portion control relying entirely on willpower alone.

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