Plastic Surgery, relationships, body contouring and fitness will be discussed at the ObesityHelp ™ Regional Conference in Los Angeles, California, Saturday, August 25, 2007, at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport, 5711 West Century Blvd., 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., featuring guest speaker ABC's Extreme Makeover, Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr. Andre Aboolian.

Irvine, CA (PRWEB) August 16, 2007 -- Plastic Surgery, relationships, body contouring and fitness will be discussed at the ObesityHelp ™ Regional Conference in Los Angeles, California, Saturday, August 25, 2007, at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport, 5711 West Century Blvd., 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., featuring guest speaker ABC's Extreme Makeover, Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr. Andre Aboolian; Other speakers include: ObesityHelp staff health and fitness expert, Jeremy Gentles; Erik Chopin, the Biggest Winner on 'The Biggest Loser'; and Heidi Ecker from Extreme Makeover speak to plastic surgery patients who want to shed the excess skin that remained after losing a large amount of weight.

It is the hundreds of people who attend these events each month that encourages the ObesityHelp™ Inc. Support and Outreach Team to continue traveling throughout the United States meeting ObesityHelp.com website members in person, as well as reaching out to all those suffering from obesity. The "Making the Journey Together 2007" tour is dedicated to offering support and information about the treatment options for those who are, or have been 100 pounds or more overweight. The cost for online registration is $40, and $50 for tickets sold at the door.

The event provides the opportunity to listen to motivational speakers, plastic surgeons, and leading medical experts, professionals and, of course, the people who struggle with weight each day. ObesityHelp™ encourages all those who fought the battle of obesity, and who are considering plastic surgery, to attend this event as their ultimate resource for education and support.

The Irvine, California based corporation serves the morbidly obese community with an expansive website that offers free membership (http://www.ObesityHelp.com) and a $25 subscription to the bi-monthly OH Magazine (http://www.oh-magazine.com). Members have access to thousands of before and after photos of those who have undergone gastric bypass surgery and plastic surgery and to the online personal journals and Blogs of their peers. There are also various educational and supportive forums, message boards, and chat rooms available for members to browse or to interact on topics such as the types of weight loss surgery, nutrition, exercise, emotional eating, plastic surgery and more.

"The events are opportunities for people to learn about weight loss surgery, and plastic surgery from the professionals who speak at the events, as well as the members who have already undergone the procedure," explained Sherri Carver, Event Coordinator for ObesityHelp.com, who has lost 330 pounds through weight loss surgery. "They are not only educational but a lot of fun. The participants also enjoy having face-to-face contact with the members, who they have never met but spend hours chatting online with. All of our events have been a great success."

ObesityHelp.com™ receives approximately two million page hits a day from the nearly ½ million members. "We have the widest and strongest reach into the obese population in the world," commented Carver. "We have the answers to the bottom line questions asked about obesity."

After meeting and offering support in Los Angeles, the ObesityHelp™ 2007 Journey will continue in Atlanta, Georgia, September 8, 2007.The team will then continue on to San Antonio, Texas at the historic landmark hotel The Sheraton Gunter, September 15-16, 2007.

Founded in 1998, ObesityHelp™ Inc. is committed to the education, empowerment, and support of all individuals affected by obesity, along with all others (friends, employers, physicians, etc.) concerned. ObesityHelp™ Inc. aspires to defeat ignorance, isolation, and discrimination against the clinical disease of obesity.

For more information on "Making the Journey Together 2007" or ObesityHelp ™ Inc. please contact 1-(866) WLS-INFO ext. 373 or visit our website at http://www.ObesityHelp.com

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