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Bariatric Surgery Things You Should Be Aware Of

April 26th, 2008 by itbsuperrich

When all other measures fail to control morbid obesity, weight loss surgery is a source of hope to the overweight. American doctors perform weight loss surgery over 140,000 times a year.

The oldest form of weight loss surgery is the most familiar, stomach stapling. In this 30-year-old proce…

Are You a Suitable Candidate for Bariatric Surgery

April 8th, 2008 by itbsuperrich

Bariatric surgery, derived from the Greek word “baros” meaning weight, is designed to reduce obesity indirectly by restricting the amount of food calories a person can digest. Some bariatric operations (eg. lap band) achieve this by reducing the size of the stomach size. Other operations (eg. r…



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