Today, about one in five children in the United States are obese. That means that in just one generation alone the number of obese kids in this country has quadrupled.

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Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents Improves Obesity-Related Diseases Within First Two Years

January 31, 2012

Doctors at Nationwide Children's Hospital who perform weight loss surgery (bariatric surgery) on adolescents took a look at their patient population in a retrospective study published in the January 2012 print edition of Pediatric Blood & Cancer. They found that their patients had experienced a significant loss of excess body weight and showed improvement in [...]

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New bariatric surgery less invasive

January 27, 2012

There is something new in weight loss surgery, a novel procedure at St. Joseph Hospital in Chicago called laparoscopic gastric plication.

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Device makers urge coverage of weight-loss surgery

January 25, 2012

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Device manufacturers are pushing the government and health insurers to cover weight-loss surgery, an effort that could give millions more obese Americans access to the treatments. Advocates say it will give obese patients a complete arsenal for fighting the condition that can spur a host of life-threatening illnesses and help save billions [...]

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Device makers urge coverage of weight-loss surgery

January 25, 2012

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Device manufacturers are pushing the government and health insurers to cover weight-loss surgery, an effort that could give millions more obese Americans access to the treatments. Advocates say it will give obese patients a complete arsenal for fighting the condition that can spur a host of life-threatening illnesses and help save billions [...]

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Bariatric patients have lost a ton — actually 2.9 tons

January 15, 2012

BRISTOL — When Kerry Roy, Bristol Hospital’s bariatric coordinator, says the hospital’s bariatric surgery program has helped people lose “a ton of weight” she means it literally.

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Bariatric patients have lost a ton — actually 2.9 tons

January 14, 2012

BRISTOL — When Kerry Roy, Bristol Hospital’s bariatric coordinator, says the hospital’s bariatric surgery program has helped people lose “a ton of weight” she means it literally.

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