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Weight Reduction Surgery

Weight Reduction Surgery. This 3D medical animation demonstrates techniques used in bariatric surgery (weight reduction surgery) for obesity, including stomach staple. Bariatric surgery is performed if weight loss efforts through lifestyle changes and medications have been unsuccessful and your body mass index, or BMI, is above 40 or above 35 and you have life-threatenign condition, such as heart disease of diabetes. There are two types of bariatric surgeries; restrictive and malabsorptive. Gastric bypass or Roux-en-Y is both a restrictive and malabsortive procedure, while banding techniques are restrictive procedures and biopacreatic diversion procedure is a malabsorptive procedure. ANH00003

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Posted by admin - November 18, 2010 at 10:35 pm

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Teenage Obesity and Weight Loss Treatments

Teenagers discuss the struggles with obesity, and treatment options available.

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Posted by admin - November 17, 2010 at 10:34 pm

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My Weight Loss Surgery Journey

Here is a video slideshow of my journey though WLS(weight loss surgery) which I started in October of 2007…Please enjoy!!!

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Posted by admin - September 7, 2010 at 8:12 am

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I’ve been TAGGED! 5 Things you may not know about me

1. reinventinged 2. phatmanwalking 3. atomx71 4. inspector941 5. actionwords directorzone.cyberlink.com

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Posted by admin - August 31, 2010 at 3:23 am

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WLS Walking Buddies – Week 1 How to post your steps to YT

This is the first week to post your steps to the group… show off what you did and challenge yourself to do more next week. Also get the word out that I will be hold a contest on September 1st for an Omron Pedometer! directorzone.cyberlink.com

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Posted by admin - August 19, 2010 at 10:37 pm

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