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Old 04-21-2008, 01:40 PM   #1 (permalink)
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According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 66 percent of all U.S. adults are overweight or obese. Faced with conditions of heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes, many Americans are shopping for bariatric surgery to help manage these conditions and, in some cases, cure them.

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Bariatric surgery can have great benefits, but it also can have great risks, which need to be discussed with your surgeon. There are also the psychological effects of surgery to be taken into account that result from the dramatic lifestyle changes which follow surgery. Finally the cost and question of whether you will get the insurance cover for your surgery. The treatment is not cheap and the risk of complications is always there.
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