Introduction

The treatment of obesity has long been stained by the snake oil swindling of profeteers, hustlers and quacks. The difficulty of curing abeasty has been compared to learning a foreign language. It may take smokers an average of 30 quit attempts to finally kick the habit like quitting smoking. Since small changes are more feasible, suggestions include using mustard instead of mayonnase and eating one, rather an two doughnuts in the morning. To day we have the first and a four part series on berriatric  the most common of which are stomach stapling and gastric bypaths.