Donna Lambert is a 31 year old school teacher living in Columbus, OH. All her life she had struggled with weight, and her life for the past ten years had revolved around the daily struggle. ?I would try some new program or diet, lose 5 or 10 pounds during a month, then watch them come [...]
Depending on the type of major medical insurance policy you have, most insurance companies will pay for gastric bypass surgery (also called bariatric surgery) if you meet certain conditions. However, some insurance companies have exclusion clauses for treating obesity. These companies refuse to cover any treatment related to “losing weight.” They will, however, treat the [...]
The number of gastric bypass operations being performed each year has soared dramatically in recent years as a result of the enormous number of people who are now classed as being morbidly obese. This rise has however been greatly assisted by a number of celebrities who have gone public about their own weight loss surgery, [...]
Although gastric bypass surgery is still not commonly performed on adolescents, the growing problem of obesity in teenagers has resulted in a significant rise in the number of teenage weight loss surgeries, with the number performed tripling between 2000 and 2003. But is surgery a suitable option for a teenager?
Although the number of gastric bypass [...]
Gastric bypass surgery is a surgery used to reduce the volume of your stomach. It is one of two different surgeries that can accomplish a reduction in stomach volume; the other is known as gastric banding. A gastric bypass is the most common form of this type of surgery, as it has the proven ability [...]