New Jersey's Governor Chris Christie's Lap Band Surgery

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Congratulations to New Jersey’s Governor Chris Christie for taking steps to address the battle with obesity that he’s been struggling with for much of his adult life. Kept under the radar until earlier this week, Christie’s lap band surgery, a procedure that separates the upper and lower parts of the stomach to limit the amount of food the stomach can hold, “was motivated by my family’s concern for my health.”

The health implications of carrying extra weight and obesity are costly both physically and economically. Diabetes, heart problems, high blood pressure and numerous other complications are just the beginning. Obesity is the second-leading cause of preventable death in the U.S., second only to smoking, according to the FDA.

Now there is a non-invasive, safe, cost-effective alternative to the expense and risks of weight-loss surgeries. It is called Gastric Band Hypnosis or GBH. And it is offered as part of an integrative therapeutic approach at Metro Behavioral Health Associates Eating Disorders Centers (MBHA). Trained in New York by GBH developer Sheila Granger, MBHA’s consulting hypnotist Sara Oppenheim-Somerville has seen consistently successful results with patients who have achieved and maintained long-term weight loss for the first time in their lives after trying countless weight-loss programs. Through Gastric Band Hypnosis, in the theater of the mind, the subconscious is helped to believe that one’s stomach has been surgically constricted to a fraction of its original size, reducing one’s appetite and producing weight loss.

Metro Behavioral Health Associates combines Gastric Band Hypnosis with individual and group counseling designed to finally understand and overcome whatever is driving overeating, as well as nutritional support to create individually tailored and manageable meal plans.

And best of all, this safe, cost-effective combination of treatment most often results in long-term and sustainable weight loss.

MBHA is offering FREE introductory GBH phone consultations. Please contact us at 914-723-MBHA (6242) or write to info@mbhany.com/staging.