His story is in an article in today's Washington Post: Subway's Biggest Loser
Rena Wing, one of the directors of the National Weight Control Registry, had this to say:
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It's fantastic that he's done this, because weight-loss surgery is taking on such emphasis," says Brown University psychologist Rena Wing, co-founder of the National Weight Control Registry, a group of 6,300 "successful losers" who have shed at least 30 pounds and kept it off for at least a year.
Jared supports our findings in the registry that it is possible to achieve and maintain triple-digit losses using behavior changes, Wing says. He lost his weight the old-fashioned way, by eating less and gradually moving more.
(emphasis added)It's fantastic that he's done this, because weight-loss surgery is taking on such emphasis," says Brown University psychologist Rena Wing, co-founder of the National Weight Control Registry, a group of 6,300 "successful losers" who have shed at least 30 pounds and kept it off for at least a year.
Jared supports our findings in the registry that it is possible to achieve and maintain triple-digit losses using behavior changes, Wing says. He lost his weight the old-fashioned way, by eating less and gradually moving more.
I never thought of myself as a "triple digit loser" before!