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Chris Christie's weight-loss surgery: How does it work?
An estimated 220,000 Americans undergo some type of bariatric surgery each year, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has revealed that he is one of them. The high-profile Republican – who hasn’t revealed his weight but is estimated to tip the...
Tags: Medical Research, Chris Christie, Medical Procedures and Tests, Heart Disease, Weight Loss
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Letters: Obesity and the diabetes epidemic
Re "Diabetes a stubborn foe," Jan. 6 Though the article successfully portrayed indifferent diabetics, it neglected to mention the uncommon diabetics who work out and eat right. I am an 18-year-old diabetic, and while I can attest that diabetes is a...Tags: Weight Loss, Weight, Diabetes, Diseases and Illnesses, Obesity
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1-800-GET-THIN centers criticized
Weight-loss surgeons from across the United States are attempting to distance themselves from surgery centers affiliated with the 1-800-GET-THIN advertising for Lap-Band surgery.
In a letter to House members considering a congressional investigation of...Tags: Weight, Food and Drug Administration, Weight, Allergan Inc., Hospitals and Clinics
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FDA accuses 1-800-GET-THIN of using misleading Lap-Band ads
The Food and Drug Administration has accused the 1-800-GET-THIN marketing company of using misleading advertising in its promotion of Lap-Band weight-loss surgery, saying the billboard, radio and television ads underplay serious risks to patients.
The...Tags: Weight Loss, Trials, Music, Companies and Corporations, Marketing
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Inaction by regulators as weight loss surgery allegations mount
Several current or former workers for the people behind those 1-800-GET-THIN ads have made allegations about this weight-loss enterprise that government regulators should have gotten to the bottom of long ago. Taken together, the allegations are that...Tags: Justice System, Marketing, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Organizations, Justice System
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Lose weight with fake food?
News from the Obesity Society annual meeting in San Diego:
-- Doctors have tried inserting a balloon into the stomach to make a person feel full so he won't eat as much and will lose weight. Now scientists are turning to a similar strategy that...Tags: Weight, Weight Loss, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Obesity, Pregnancy and Childbirth
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Gastric bypass before babies?
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAn overweight woman who has weight-loss surgery before becoming pregnant may help break the cycle of obesity in her family, according to a new study. Researchers found that children born to women who had weight-loss surgery before pregnancy have improved...Tags: Medical Research, Children, Drugs and Medicines, Hospitals and Clinics, Obesity
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Gastric bypass: Is it a diabetes fix?
The discovery came about by accident more than a decade ago: Weight-loss surgery often led to dramatic improvements in the control of Type 2 diabetes, often before patients had even left the hospital.
Today, evidence of the connection is so solid that...Tags: Hernia, Chemical Industry, Pharmaceuticals, Weight, Weight Loss
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What now for weight loss?
The country is down to onededicated, prescription obesity medication -- the not-too-pleasantXenical -- since Friday's announcement that Meridiawill be removed from the market due to an increased risk ofheart problems among people with cardiovascular...Tags: Medical Research, Health Insurance, Weight Loss, Weight, Diseases and Illnesses
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Gastric bypass and alcohol: mix with caution
Alcohol can be a minefield for anyone trying to lose weight. But for bariatric surgery patients, drinking can become increasingly problematic, a new study has found. Changes in the way the body absorbs and metabolizes alcohol after gastric bypass mean...Tags: Surgery, National Institutes of Health, Colleges and Universities, Weight, Happiness (state of mind)
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Weight-loss surgery surges among California kids, especially white girls
A study of bariatric surgery on California adolescents shows that growing numbers of families are opting for a surgical solution to their children's obesity. But a study on trends in bariatric surgery among those under 21 shows that, in this population, ...Tags: Teen-agers, Weight, Children, Obesity, Pediatrics
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