Hungry for answers about Acronym Soup?
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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