Percutaneous Cryovagotomy for the Management of Mild-to-Moderate Obesity
J. David Prologo, MD, FSIR, ABOM-D is a dual board-certified interventional radiologist and obesity medicine specialist. Dr. Prologo currently is based in the Emory University School of Medicine Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, where he investigates new ways to manage difficult medical conditions primarily related to pain and obesity.
Outside of Emory and medical interventions, Dr. Prologo has uncovered more than 20 variables that lead to “diet quitting” and developed maneuvers for bypassing them. “We can quiet the body’s survival response," he says. "Without our help, most dieters succumb to survival signals from the brain to seek food and be sedentary. With our help, folks can stay the course without feeling miserable, hungry, or anxious.”
Dr. Prologo created the widely acclaimed capacity curve to define a “catching point,” which is when dieting and exercise are no longer difficult for folks. The catching point corresponds to a certain amount of exercise capacity: a modest 210 MET-minutes (amount of time spent engaged in moderately intense exercise) to be exact.
“We get people to a new place," he explains, "a place from which they can be successful when they start a new diet or exercise program. Beyond the catching point – all of this is easy.”
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