Robert Kolman: Self

Quotes 

• Robert Kolman : If there is a fat gene that exists in my patients, it's not reversible today, there is no cure for it. But it is treatable.

  Narrator : Many of the patients at Brook Haven have been trapped at their homes and haven't walked for many years. Rob Kolman founded Brook Haven when a friend of his died from morbid obesity. He believes his patients all share one thing in common.

  Robert Kolman : Everyone of them, 100%, they're food addicts. They are addicted to food. It's no different from drugs, it's no different than alcohol.

  Narrator : Sometimes it's hard to get the patients to understand they're addicted to food.

  Robert Kolman : Most of the patients who come in here are in denial and don't understand why this has happened to them. 'What's wrong with me? How did I blow up like this?' The answer is that you've been consuming too many calories over a long period of time, and you don't exercise.