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Is Bariatric Surgery Safe?

Nutrition Facts with Dr. Greger

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The Importance of Bariatric Surgery

The use of bareatric surgery has exploded from about forty thousand procedures noted in the first international survey in 19 98, to now hundreds of thousands performed every year in the united states alone. The most common procedure is stomach stapling, also known as sleeve gastractim, in which most of the stomach is permanently removed. It's ironic that many patients choose bariatric surgery can vinced that diets don't work for them, when in reality it may be an enforced diet. Seems a bit like bringing a butter knife to a gun fight, but with only one cressand proponents of the small changes approach.

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