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Is Bariatric Surgery The Answer To Obesity?

Against a background of widespread obesity among all US age-groups, and the relative failure of conventional weight loss methods, doctors are increasingly resorting to gastrointestinal surgery in order to curb the rise of weight in America

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Secrets of Gastric Bypass Surgery: Lose Weight Without Surgery

There’s more to gastric bypass than surgery and rapid massive weight loss. Patients who undergo weight loss surgery (WLS) sign-up for a lifetime of rigid behaviors to guarantee their long-term success. Just imagine: If you knew what those

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Pros and Cons of Weight Loss Surgery

The most widely accepted statistical estimate used by health professionals to screen for obesity is the Body Mass Index - BMI, computed by dividing the weight in kilograms by the height in meters squared; the equation therefore is kg/m2.

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Weight Loss Definitions, Terms and Acronyms:

Stomach stapling - Vertical banded gastroplasty weight loss surgery.
Carbohydrate - any of a group of organic compounds that includes sugars, starches, celluloses, and gums and serves as a major energy source in the diet of animals.
Binge eating - a pattern of disordered eating which consists of episodes of uncontrollable overeating.
Digoxin - a prescription medication widely used in the treatment of various heart conditions, and sometimes misused as an appetite suppressant for weight loss.
Food guide pyramid or food pyramid - a nutrition guide created by the United States Department of Agriculture.
Evolution Diet - a weight loss diet devised by Joseph Stephen Breese Morse during 2002-2005 involving eating what and how we (humans) were designed to eat.