42 June 2022
HEALTH
Tameka Griffin underwent bariatric surgery in March 2021.
T
ameka Griffin had struggled with
her weight since childhood.
"I was raised to eat what I
wanted," she says.
She was always "gaining weight,
then losing weight, then …"
"I just felt unhealthy," Griffin says, adding
that she suffered foot pain, back pain and other
maladies that she just could not overcome.
She peaked at 287 pounds.
She tried sticking to a more healthful diet. e
Keto regimen helped, but she always seemed to
get off track.
To your health
Bariatric surgery offers solution to
lifelong struggle with weight
BY BOBBY PARKER
PHOTO BY R ACHAEL SANTILL AN
