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Bariatric Surgery For Morbid Obesity - BariatricEdge.com by Jeff C. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Tue 17 Nov 2009 10:00pm Bariatric Surgery For Morbid Obesity - BariatricEdge.com Tags: weight, loss, surgery, bariatric, , lap, band, roux-n-y, roux-en-y, Gastric bypass, obesity, bmi, pouch, banding, sleeve, malabsorption Read on »

Bariatric Surgery For Morbid Obesity - BariatricEdge.com by Jeff C. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Sun 31 Aug 2008 12:00am Bariatric Surgery For Morbid Obesity - BariatricEdge.com Tags: weight, loss, surgery, bariatric, , lap, band, roux-n-y, roux-en-y, Gastric bypass, obesity, bmi, pouch, banding, sleeve, malabsorption Posted at 07:34 PM in Weblogs | Permalink Digg This | Save Read on »

Aetna and UnitedHealthcare Wants Lean Members – Bariatric Surgery To be Covered for Morbidly Obese Patients by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Tue 20 Apr 2010 12:58pm of bariatric surgery for morbidly obese patients. The new policy changes are in response to positive results of the most recent method to treat morbid obesity. Obesity-related complications, such as type 2 diabetes, are costly for health insurers, making their commitment to cover obesity surgeries unexplainable. Metabolic surgeries however, are ever-changing Read on »

What Is Morbid Obesity and What Can Be Done? by WeightLossTeam .. Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 1:49pm weight loss strategies, many morbidly obese people are turning to surgery in an attempt to try to lose the weight. DAVID PROVOST, MD: The number of weight loss operations... are candidates for weight loss surgery are those who are morbidly obese, meaning they have a body mass index over 40, or patients who have a body mass index over 35 but have associated Read on »

Will You E-mail My Son About His Morbid Obesity? by Jimmy M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 3:02pm for anything else in the whole world! But this desperate father asked me to write to his son who is morbidly obese despite doing everything he could think of with his diet. The son is now contemplating having gastric bypass surgery and this dear and loving father asked me one question: "Will you e-mail my son about his morbid obesity?" Man oh man oh man. I Read on »

Morbid Obesity Not Only Affects Weight But Overall Health by Linda Posted Thu 30 Apr 2009 12:00am A recent study found that workers with morbid obesity have a significantly higher prevalence of more than 100 diseases and conditions than non-morbidly obese employees. The study found that employees with morbid obesity had about five times the rate of osteoarthritis and esophageal disorders, four times the rate of Type 2 diabetes, anemia Read on »

Link Between Morbid Obesity in Tots & Lower IQs, Study Shows by Connie Bennett Healthy Living Professional

Posted Thu 18 Dec 2008 8:12pm On some tight deadlines for my book SUGAR SHOCK! but I thought you should know about a new study which links morbid obesity amongst toddlers with cognitive problems. University of Florida researchers -- writing in the Journal of Pediatrics -- studied morbidly obese tots (who weigh at least 150 percent of their ideal body weight before age 4 Read on »

Morbidly obese, just joined a gym by Morbidly Obese and Changing Posted Wed 24 Feb 2010 11:32am My son just told me about this community. I have recently joined a gym to lose weight as I am morbidly obese (BMI 42.7) and need to make some long overdue changes. I have started a blog called "Diary of a morbidly obese woman joins at gym" at www.morbidlyobeseandchanging.wordpress.com in the hope it will help me stay accountable and be encouraged Read on »

Morbid obesity reduces the effectiveness of levothyroxine for patients with hypothyroidism by Andrea Patient Expert

Posted Mon 23 May 2011 12:00am "We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams." - Les Brown Read on »

Morbidly Obese by Felipa Posted Wed 03 Sep 2008 12:00am There I said it, yes, I'm morbidly obese and I have been for a long time. I'm doing alot to change this. And this time I'm not looking for a quick fix. No magical diet... considered Morbidly Obese, this conversation comes in the wake of a conversation that we had Yesturday. Yesturday we were talking about if I had the money blah blah blah...one girl Read on »