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Article: Weight loss surgery explained
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- March 18, 2002
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In this world of super-size fast food and all-you-can-eat buffets, obesity has become a national health care epidemic. Most people who are slightly overweight can exercise and modify their diet to return to a healthy weight. However, some individuals have been living with obesity their entire lives, or have been slowly gaining wait due to extraneous circumstances. And for these individuals, behavior modifications alone are not enough.
Northwest Indiana residents can now turn to The Methodist Hospitals Center for Weight Loss Surgery for help. The center, the newest service at The Methodist Hospitals, provides a pathway for ...