Tune into this week’s WLS News for the rundown on the best new gadgets to track your weight loss success, and get details about new research that could hold a clue to boosting the number of calories you burn. Plus, learn what weight loss surgery may soon do for people who aren’t yet obese, and find out what visceral fat is, and the difference it can make in a person’s health based on their ethnicity. All of these stories and more are featured in this week’s newscast. Read the full story

Dino DeVita struggled with addiction issues stemming from childhood sexual abuse. At one point, he weighed close to 400 pounds. Read more to learn about a successful weight loss surgery that enabled his dream of bodybuilding glory. Read the full story

Bariatric Surgeon, Hospital Hit with Class?Action Suit

In our next story, Dr. Jacobo Joffe, a prominent Canadian weight-loss surgeon who last year lost his license for sexually abusing several patients, now faces a $10 million class-action lawsuit filed against him and his former employer, Toronto’s Scarborough Hospital.

In December 2008, Joffe pleaded no contest to sexual abuse accusations at a disciplinary hearing of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.

His four accusers, all women, claimed that he pressured them into having sexual relations with him over a period of ten years. The College revoked Joffe’s license to practice and ordered him to pay the victims a total of 40,000 Canadian dollars – about $33,000 in U.S. currency – in compensation.

The case, to be heard in Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice, was filed by a woman and former patient of Joffe. It claims that Scarborough Hospital “knew or should have known” about Joffee’s crimes and violations of human rights.

Joffe has not been convicted of any crime under law.

In this week’s report, find out what kind of fat actually burns calories, learn about government plans to tax some sweet treats, and see how teen pregnancy can lead to future obesity. Plus, get the latest on a class-action lawsuit against the Canadian doctor accused of sexually abusing several patients, and discover what scientists have learned about preventing metabolic syndrome.

Plus, Chef Dave will check in from the road to give viewers a behind-the-scenes peek at a special cooking event for bariatric patients. You’ll find all this and plenty more in this week’s edition of WLS News.

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