Obesity experts tell us how to ditch the fat

by Kelli Cheatham (kcheatham@wsbt.com)

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Julie Janeway and Karen Sparks, authors of The Real Skinny on Weight Loss Surgery, show what 5 pounds of body fat looks like

Julie Janeway and Karen Sparks, authors of The Real Skinny on Weight Loss Surgery, show what 5 pounds of body fat looks like.(WSBT photo)

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Story Created: Feb 29, 2008 at 7:34 AM EDT

Story Updated: Mar 8, 2008 at 7:54 PM EDT

MISHAWAKA — It's the end of Week 6 for the Why Weight challenge for Kirk Mason, Cari Peugeot and Kelli Cheatham. So far, the three have lost a collective 29.5 pounds! Friday morning they talked with experts about the obesity epidemic.

Julie Janeway and Karen Sparks co-authored the book The Real Skinny on Weight Loss Surgery. It is currently the best selling patient information book in the world.

They're in town over the weekend for educational conferences with local doctors, nurses and dietitians.

Both women have their own experiences overcoming obesity. Together, they've lost more than 400 pounds after bariatric surgery. In their book, they write candidly about the weight loss surgery process and how readers can decide if it's right for them.

For more information about Julie and Karen, click "Watch the Story." Julie and Karen will also be on WSBT Saturday Morning starting at 6 a.m.

Kirk, Cari and Kelli are going through a 12-week medical weight loss program with Memorial Bariatric and Weight Loss Center. The program is carefully monitored with weekly checkups with nutritionists.

WSBT viewers can get a 10 percent discount on the program through the end of March. To see if you qualify for free metabolic testing at Memorial, take the quiz on the Why Weight? page.

Saturday, Jun 28 at 2:50 PM Hollie. wrote ...

Your really right.. people shouldnt be spening loadsa money on things that might not even work.. it would be a lot of a better place if none of these things happened... but people who are fat may have a different oppioon about this. becuase if they wanted to loose weight and have tryed everything else and they didnt work, that just might be there last opstion and thats what they want to do. so then again, we cant moan about things that people are really sure that they want to do it.

Tuesday, Apr 29 at 2:04 PM Fro wrote ...

people siriously think way more about the extra skin on their thighs than the destruction of our planet. i think that people make way to big a deal about what we should ALREADY be doing!- eating healthy and not being lazy. if people spent half as much money towards earth benefitting causes than they do on crappy weight loss pills and such, we would live in a much better place.

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