i think a lot of the pe c peas aren't up on the advances that have been made in things like mortality rates and the fact that it's moved over to laproscopic. So if you get like a kind of old and set in their ways primary care physician, they might not know that beriatric surgery is much safer than it used to bea. Even though im obe city rates are the same for men and women, women are way more likely to get the surgery.
Bariatric surgery can also be called weight loss surgery. Some people think it's a highly underused tool to fight obesity. Others think it's a shortcut. We discuss all the ins and outs in this week's episode.
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