Summary and Purpose:

A Note From Dr. Ashworth:

"I would just like to go on record as saying that the people in this country would be hard pressed to find a book written with more sincerity.  This is not the average book written so that everyone can simply read it and use it exclusively to go lose weight.  Each reader will need to take their healthcare into their own hands and demand that more be done on their behalf to help them get their weight down.  Read the book and go to your individual doctors empowered that YES there is probably an underlying condition that is making it harder than it should be to lose weight and not gain it back.  The purpose of the book is not even to have made sure that every possible condition is listed.  The book would need to be volumes thick to accomplish that.  I want you to feel empowered and more educated than the average person as to what can cause a person to gain weight.  Just like I tell my personal patients, we will do this as a team.  You read the book and I'll send your doctor everything that I've learned in weight loss.  Do not let anyone deter you.  If your doctor has a closed ear and closed mind find another one."

Sincerely, Dr. Ashworth

Since obesity has been declared a disease by the medical community then we as doctors need to be curing it not just treating symptoms. The problem is the patient doesn't know how to get the treatment they need and deserve.  People will visit their doctors' office and get all sorts of prescription's to treat their diabetes and high blood pressure.  Most of these people are overweight and if a small amount of focus was spent on dealing with this condition the other diseases would vastly improve.  As doctors' our goal should be to cure not just treat symptoms like high blood sugars secondary to diabetes.

In reality if the doctor was to focus on decreasing the waist circumference of their patient the insulin resistance causing so many of the symptoms of diabetes would begin to resolve.  The truth is that with weight loss being the MAIN focal point of treatment, a patient with diabetes can be CURED.  Yes your diabetes can be cured, your high blood pressure can become normal when you reach a healthy weight.  The trick is to run different tests looking for the reasons why a woman or man may have a problem gaining and keeping weight off.  It is true that your doctor will need to spend more time with you.  The doctor may even need to dedicate an entire day to treating only his overweight patients.  This is because finding the cause of why you gain weight so easily, then helping you stay on a healthy medical weight loss program will take time.  The days of one hand being on the stethoscope and the other on the door handle are over.

A MEDICAL PARADIGM SHIFT IS WAY OVERDUE AS IT PERTAINS TO BEING OVERWEIGHT/OBESE. I HAVE TRIED TO REACH THE DOCTOR WITH LITTLE RESULT. YOU, THEIR PATIENT ARE NOW GOING TO TAKE YOUR HEALTHCARE INTO YOUR OWN HANDS; WALK INTO YOUR DOCTORS' OFFICE EMPOWERED AND READY TO DEMAND PROPER TREATMENT FOR YOUR OVERWEIGHT CONDITION.