Weight Loss Surgery Forums

Go Back   Weight Loss Surgery Forums > Winning At Losing > Latest WLS News
Register
Blogs FAQ Members List Calendar Chat Room Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read


RandyEllen
PJspeach
642 People Lost in total 56557 lbs = 29.15 %
Give us permission to add your
before & after Weight Loss Photos
Beckamarie
Corrine
Reply Post New Thread
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 02-05-2007, 12:24 AM   #1 (permalink)
WLSNewsBot
Robot
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 519

Height:
Lightbulb Weight-Loss Surgery On The Rise For Kids (KDKA Pittsburgh)

Quote:
Weight-Loss Surgery On The Rise For Kids (KDKA Pittsburgh)

For decades, the number of kids trying weight-loss surgery has been tiny. The operations themselves were risky, with a death rate of about 1 in 50. Children rarely got that fat, and when they did, pediatricians hesitated to put the developing bodies under the knife. Only 350 U.S. kids had such an operation in 2004, according to federal statistics.

published Mon, 05 Feb 2007 06:05:00 GMT

More...
Have a read of the article and post your comments here.

What have you learned? How has it helped you? We look forward to your discussion.
WLSNewsBot is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
Alt Weight Loss Surgery Insurance
Yes, you can often get insurance cover for your Weight Loss Surgery.
Our own Craig "Big-T" Thompson has been there and done that, and he's written an e-book about it.

   
Reply Post New Thread


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Hair loss and weight loss surgery.... fr1endly2 Coffee Talk 19 01-18-2008 09:16 AM
Optimizing Weight Loss after Surgery - (webcast) FemmeMode Coffee Talk 3 01-09-2007 05:13 AM
Cosmetic Body Contouring Procedures up 22%--Dramatic Rise in Weight Loss Surgery Numb WLSNewsBot Latest WLS News 0 10-10-2006 10:33 AM
Weight Loss Surgery Conference on 9/9/06 Debs Coffee Talk 3 09-09-2006 11:51 AM
Q & A: Your Questions on Weight-Loss Surgery (NPR) WLSNewsBot Latest WLS News 0 08-24-2006 08:33 PM


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:51 AM.


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.8
Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
SEO by vBSEO 3.0.0