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Morbid Obesity: Eating our way to the grave
The Evansville Courier & Press five-part series on morbid obesity and its effects on the community. Stories looks at Overeaters Anonymous, the growing number of overweight children, gastric bypass surgery and health risks.
Tags: obesity; health; gastric bypass surgery; diet; food; fat content; Overeaters Anonymous; calories; overweight children; body mass
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Dying to Lose Weight
A Fresno Bee investigation of gastric bypass surgery -- a procedure that helps patients drop 100 pounds or more virtually instantly -- reveals that the treatment has a higher mortality rate than many doctors state. Many say the rate is less than 1 percent, but the Bee "uncovered seven deaths following the surgery in a three-month period. Twelve people died in less than two years. The number of deaths is probably higher" than originally believed.
Tags: gastric bypass surgery; losing weight; health; danger; deaths; doctors; medicine; patients