Weight Loss That Lasts:
A Group Program Offering New Hope for an Old Problem
by Beth Rontal, LICSW & Patricia Thatcher, LICSW

To be published in the NASW Focus Newsletter, February 2011

Introduction:
Obesity is a modern epidemic that cuts across class, culture, race and gender.1 The “weight battle” is so prevalent that many therapists have clients struggling with weight issues and body image but feel ill-equipped to help. International statistics reveal that the most advanced technological societies have the largest obesity problems.2 In addition, it has been reported that up to 95% of all people who lose weight gain it back within two years.3 In 2005, Kaiser Permanente conducted a study comparing three approaches for weight loss maintenance.4 Compared to groups employing Chi Gong and Cognitive Support methods, the group utilizing the Tapas Acupressure Technique® (TAT®) was the most successful. As a result NIH awarded Kaiser Permanente $2.1 million to further study the efficacy of TAT with weight loss maintenance. Results of this study are expected to be reported in February 2011...

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Why Weight Loss Surgery Is Popular
by Beth Rontal

Bariatric surgery is a popular form of weight management that gets a lot of media attention because the weight loss is hailed as fast and permanent, particularly with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass but also with the less invasive Lap Band Surgery. Its popularity is driven by three other factors, two of which are not so obvious: It can work when other weight loss attempts fail, it’s legitimized by celebrities who’ve had the procedure and it’s a financial boon for hospitals. Let’s examine the latter first...

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