People and Organizations that I am following on Twitter

1. Dimitrios Verteouris ‏ @DeeNaturesGrill
2. ChooseMyPlate.gov ‏ Verified account @MyPlate
3. # Eggface ‏ @Eggface
4.   Dr. David L. Katz ‏ @DrDavidKatz
5. Yoni Freedhoff, M.D. ‏ @YoniFreedhoff
6. ECOG ‏ @ECOGobesity
7. Matt Popilek ‏ @MPandTeamHEART
8. Healthier Generation ‏ Verified account @HealthierGen
9. ObesityHelp ‏ @obesityhelp
10. CampaignToEndObesity ‏ @ToEndObesity
11. Obesity Help ‏ @obesity_help
12.   The Obesity Society ‏ @ObesitySociety
13. Yale Rudd Center ‏ @YaleRuddCenter
14. girlshealth.gov ‏ Verified account @girlshealth
15. womenshealth.gov ‏ Verified account @womenshealth
16. WHO ‏ Verified account @WHO
17. Dr. Mehmet Oz ‏ Verified account @DrOz
18. Cardiac Surgeon and Host of The Dr. Oz Show
19. CDC_eHealth ‏ Verified account @CDC_eHealth

    AMA ‏ @AmerMedicalAssn
20. NIH ‏ Verified account @NIH

     In 2007, I began doing research in to Morbid Obesity and Weight Loss.  At the time that I began my research, I was considering having Bariatric surgery in order to lose weight.  It was a matter of life and death at the time.  I had already had two major heart attacks, a small stroke that robbed me of my math skills and part of my vision, diabetes, and had recently become legally blind as a result of the diabetes. 
     I had to lose the weight or die.  I had tried dieting and exercise. As the mom of 26 kids, I was always on the move.  However, I got very little sleep because of parenting children with autism and severe medical needs.  My stress levels were always very high due to the stress of caring for teens with mental illness, kids with intellectual disabilities, and constant hospitalizations for my youngest child.
      Lack   of sleep and constant stress kept my cortisol levels so high that weight loss was very difficult. 

I am following  the Rudd Center at Yale University because this group produces excellent research on the subject of obesity especially on obesity bias.  I chose Obesity Help because this online support group for individuals who are considering or who have had bariatric surgery is an excellent resource.  Eggface is a woman who is on Obesity Help who has excellent post bariatric surgery recipes.  The others were interesting to me because of their interest in prevention and treatment of obesity in ways that protect the dignity of the individual.