The leading trade show for women, the National Women’s Show, is back in town on November 5th – 7th 2010 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. As Canada’s established and successful weight loss clinic, the Surgical Weight Loss Centre will be returning as an exhibitor presenting its two sustainable weight loss options –the Lap-Band and Gastric Balloon programs. Over 20,000 women attend the show yearly to visit over 425 exhibitors on beauty, travel, and health & fitness information.

Visit the SWLC booth and get an information bag. We’ll see you there!

National Women’s Show
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
South Building, 222 Bremner Blvd
Toronto, ON M5V 2W6

For more information on the National Women’s Show, please visit http://www.nationalwomenshow.com/toronto/index.html.

Written By: Clarissa Aznar

The Surgical Weight Loss Centre (SWLC) is proud to return as one of the exhibitors at the Weight Wise Expo taking place on October 2nd – 3rd at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto.

Known as the event of the year for those interested in the latest weight management, nutrition and fitness information, the Weight Wise Expo is an educational and motivational event that SWLC is pleased to be a part of. With various topics from weight loss programs to healthy cooking to fitness assessments, attending the Weight Wise Expo is an ideal place to be. Two of the Biggest Loser’s successful contestants, Alexandra White and Antoine Dove, from Season 8 will be amongst the guest speakers scheduled for the weekend.

Visited by hundreds of guests last year, SWLC will showcase two of its bariatric programs, the Lap-Band and the Gastric Balloon. Recognized as the highest volume Lap-Band clinic in Canada, SWLC has performed over 2, 800 weight loss procedures since 2005.

Join us as SWLC’s own Drs. Chris Cobourn and David Mumford will be keynote speakers at this year’s Weight Wise Expo! Dr. Cobourn is scheduled to speak at 2pm on Saturday, October 2nd while Dr. Mumford will be speaking at 1pm on Sunday, October 3rd. Bring your list of questions and take advantage of the free seminar!

Weight Wise Expo 2010
Exhibition Place – Direct Energy Centre, Hall D
100 Princes’ Boulevard
Toronto, ON M6K 3C3

For more information on the Weight Wise Expo, please visit www.weightwiseexpo.ca

Link to Article | http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20101608-21235.html

MONDAY, August 16th, 2010 (Science Alert) — Inflammation-causing cells in fat tissue may explain the link between obesity and diabetes, a team of Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers has shown.

The discovery, by Professor Len Harrison and Dr John Wentworth from the institute’s Autoimmunity and Transplantation division, opens the way for new anti-inflammatory treatments that prevent insulin resistance (where the body is unable to respond to and use the insulin it produces) and other complications associated with obesity.

“We have shown that insulin resistance in human obesity is closely related to the presence of inflammatory cells in fat tissue, in particular a population of macrophage cells,” Professor Harrison said.

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Weight Loss Surgery Helps Obese Diabetes Patients: Study

Link to Article |http://www.nationalpost.com/Weight+loss+surgery+helps+obese+diabetes+patients+study/3405256/story.html

Written By: Julie Steenhuysen

MONDAY, August 16th, 2010 (Reuters) – Three-fourths of obese diabetics who had weight-loss surgery were able to quit taking diabetes drugs within six months of their operation, U.S. researchers said today, citing a new study.

They said the surgery may eliminate the need for chronic medications to treat the disease and reduce overall healthcare costs, providing a strong argument for insurance companies to pay for the procedures.

Once developed, diabetes and obesity are rarely reversed, Dr. Martin Makary of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and colleagues reported in Archives of Surgery, a medical journal.

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Obesity, Depression Grants Worth $1.3 Million

Link to Article | http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Obesity+depression+grants+worth/3330401/story.html

WEDNESDAY, July 28th, 2010 (Ottawa Citizen) – Carleton University researchers have received $1.3 million in funding to continue their investigations in depression and obesity. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) said Monday that it had awarded Alfonso Abizaid more than $543,000 for his investigation into the role that a hormone called ghrelin plays in the struggle with obesity. His current study looks at a link between this hormone and stress-induced obesity. So far, Abizaid has learned that the hormone may generate cravings for food, and other things humans find pleasurable, such as drugs, sex and gambling. Meanwhile, Hymie Anisman, who received $815,514, spearheaded an investigation into how stress and anxiety could lead to depression. His funding will be used to examine the biological process that might be responsible for making animals resilient or vulnerable to stressful situations. Both researchers are members of Carleton’s neuroscience department.

Written By: Clarissa Aznar

As technology advances in the world so does the Surgical Weight Loss Centre (SWLC) and its services. Located in the heart of Mississauga, with a state of the art advanced surgical facility, SWLC continues to enhance its services by introducing SKYPE as a new method of counseling for its patients, particularly for those living out-of-province. SKYPE is a new form of technology where individuals can speak and view with whom they are speaking to. It is easy to use even for those who are not technologically savvy. With most of SWLC’s patients spanning across Canada, long distance patients can now benefit in audio and visual communication by means of the free online program, SKYPE, with the same professional counseling experience they received before. At this time, SKYPE is only available with SWLC’s dietitian services.

For more information on this service or to schedule an appointment, please contact Margeaux Maniatis at margeaux@swlc.ca.

Plus-Size Wars

Written By: Ginia Bellafante

WEDNESDAY, July 28th 2010 (The New York Times)— Earlier this year, the editors of V, a magazine so recherché it can make Vogue seem like Redbook, published an issue featuring large models in expensive body-baring clothes. In one photograph, a woman in a strapless bathing suit, cut to reveal three rolls of flesh, grabs at her platform stilettos. In another, Tara Lynn, a size 16 model, is clad in nothing but a pair of Dior sandals.

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Stop the Diabetes Explosion

Link to Article | http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1115767

Written By: Charles W. Moore

WEDNESDAY, June 30th 2010 (Telegraph Journal) – Some two million Canadians are diabetic, and according to a new report released by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), that figure will double over the next seven years. ICES projects that by 2017, four million, or nearly one-in-10 Canadians will be afflicted with adult-onset diabetes, adding a huge increased burden of personal suffering, premature death, and further stressing already wobbly health care budgets.

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To better serve its current patients and accommodate the growing demand for consultations in the Toronto area, the Surgical Weight Loss Centre (SWLC) will be expanding its Lap-Band adjustments and Consultation services serving the Toronto population starting August 2010 at the Royal Health Care Centre at 130 Adelaide St. W (Lower Concourse) on the PATH in the Richmond Adelaide Centre. This will make it more convenient for patients who live or work in downtown Toronto to access Lap-Band adjustments. The Toronto office will also enhance access for individuals who are interested in our Lap-Band or Gastric Balloon programs to speak directly with an SWLC surgeon.

To schedule an appointment in advance or to receive more information, please contact a patient coordinator at (905) 278 – 8000 or 1 (888) 278 – 7952 or email at info@swlc.ca.

Obesity, Weight Gain Increase Diabetes Risk After 50

Link to Article | http://www.weightlosssurgerychannel.com/breaking-wls-news/obesity-weight-gain-increase-diabetes-risk-after-50.html/

Weight Loss Surgery Channel – Gaining weight after age 50 can increase the risk of developing diabetes, a new study suggests.

Researchers from the University of Washington followed a group of more than 4,000 seniors age 65 and older for over 12 years to determine the impact of weight gain and obesity on diabetes risk in the elderly. Of the participants, 339 new cases of diabetes were identified during the follow-up.

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