Weight-Loss Surgery Works Even For Moderately Obese
Monday, April 20, 2009 - 04:21
in Health & Medicine
Surgeons once recommended weight-loss surgery only for severely obese patients who failed to drop pounds with conventional weight-loss methods, but a review now finds that bariatric surgery helps the moderately obese lose more weight, too.
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