Weighing the Risks: Obesity Surgery Goes Mainstream. Todd C. Frankel.
by Frankel, Todd C; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 4Health. Publisher: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2005ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Obesity -- Surgery | Overweight persons | Public health | Weight lossDDC classification: 050 Summary: "The number of operations has skyrocketed 400 percent since 1999, to 140,640 last year [2004]. The procedure could soon surpass prostate removal and hip replacement among top major surgeries. The reason is simple. Obesity can cause debilitating medical problems. And nothing else seems to work for drastic weight loss. Not diets. Not drugs." (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH) This article discusses the dramatic increase in weight-loss surgery.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Weighing the Risks: Obesity Surgery Goes Mainstream, March 6, 2005; pp. A1+.
"The number of operations has skyrocketed 400 percent since 1999, to 140,640 last year [2004]. The procedure could soon surpass prostate removal and hip replacement among top major surgeries. The reason is simple. Obesity can cause debilitating medical problems. And nothing else seems to work for drastic weight loss. Not diets. Not drugs." (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH) This article discusses the dramatic increase in weight-loss surgery.
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