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Hungry for answers about Acronym Soup?

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lsereno

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Yes, there are a lot of acronyms here. I've listed just the ones related to weight loss surgery, not ones in common use, such as LOL (laugh out loud). Be sure to let me know of any I've missed:

 

BMI: Body Mass Index

CW: Current Weight

DS: Duodenal Switch weight loss surgery

EWL: Excess Weight Loss

FF: Fat Free

GBP: Gastric Bypass

GW: Goal Weight

LBL: Lower Body Lift

MO: Morbidly Obese

NSV: Non Scale Victory, such as fitting in an airline seat

NUT: Nutritionist

OH: Obesity Help, another good online forum

PB2: Peanut Butter 2 (peanut powder substitute for peanut butter)

PCP: Primary Care Physcian

PPI: Proton Pump Inhibitor, such as Prilosec

RNY: Roux-eN-Y (gastric bypass) weight loss surgery

SF: Sugar Free

SMO: Super Morbidly Obese

SW: Surgery Weight

TT: Tummy Tuck

VBG: Vertical Banded Gastroplasty weight loss surgery

VSG: Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy weight loss surgery

VST: Vertical Sleeve Talk, our wonderful forum

WLS: Weight Loss Surgery

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Thank you for doing this! There are some that have to do with diet that I've come across...when people refer to eating a certain (acronym) way. Still haven't figured out what those mean.

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Hey Canary, let me know what they are and I'll try to find the definition for them. It's surprising what I can dig up when I try.

Lynda

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