The book, Weight Gain: When It's Not Your Fault!  is an attempt to help introduce the lay person to a more effective way to approach weight loss. It educates the reader so they can walk into their physicians offices and introduce that physician to an effective and reasonable way to help them lose weight.  Since obesity has been declared a disease then the medical community needs to stop focusing solely on the disease processes that wreak havoc on our overweight patients, and start treating the root cause of why their patient is overweight in the first place. 

The book is not going to put your medical jargon to the test. It will teach you to ask simple medical questions.  You'll learn about key symptoms that will seem to mimic exactly how you are feeling.  Dr. Ashworth links' these symptoms to specific diseases that can cause weight gain. This book will let you know what labs would be the most prudent and effective to order. The point you will try to make with your doctor is that he or she is a great doctor and you have complete trust that if they dig a little deeper they will be able to find a way to help you lose weight and keep it off.