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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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