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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.
To your health
Bariatric surgery offers
solution to lifelong
struggle with weight
By Bobby Parker
PHOTO BY R ACHAEL SANTILL AN
