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    spunkysmom
    MS
    Sergio Verboonen, M.D.
    VSG (10/23/09)
    Member Since: 09/02/09
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    Post Date: 9/24/09 9:42 am
    I found this on the ASMBS website and I think it is a great visual.  Hope you agree!

     

    Bariatric Surgery is known to be the most effective and long lasting treatment for morbid obesity and many related conditions, but now mounting evidence suggests it may be among the most effective treatments for metabolic diseases and conditions including type 2 Diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and obstructive sleep apnea…. (read more (PDF))

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    "You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old."  - George Burns

                                                
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    Christi R.
    NW, OH
    Brian Lane, M.D., F.AC.S.
    RNY (09/02/09)
    Member Since: 05/28/05
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    Post Date: 9/24/09 1:42 pm
    Wow...very interesting. Thanks for the post!
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    Elizabeth_Ann
    Muhammad A. Jawad, M.D.
    RNY (08/04/09)
    Member Since: 07/13/09
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    Post Date: 9/24/09 4:35 pm
    I love this visual. My doctor gives it out in his information packets.

    It's amazing.

    Hugs,

    Liz in Orlando       LW-Apple-Gold-Small.jpg image by PlicketyCat

        
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