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Your Healthy Family: Bariatric Surgery in Teens
June 20, 2012 12:27 PM
The obesity epidemic is a growing problem in both children and adults. We have more about it in today's Your Healthy Family. Weight loss surgery for teens is becoming more common, but how young is too young for bariatric surgery? Amanda Rodriguez weighed almost 300 pounds so she had gastric... more » -
Study: Obese getting weight-loss surgery live longer
January 23, 2010 12:11 PM
A new computer model suggests most morbidly obese adults can extend their life span by undergoing bariatric surgery . Roughly 5% of the U.S. population is morbidly obese , meaning they have a BMI of 40 or higher. According to the new model, a 42 year-old woman could gain three... more »
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