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Women share gastric bypass surgery experiences
27/08/2009 – 13:46 | No Comment
Women share gastric bypass surgery experiences

Losing weight hasn’t just brought health benefits for three Yuma women: it’s caused people to do a double take because they don’t even recognize them anymore.
Myra Garlit, Barbara Rochester and René Sonoqui have all had …

Gastric Bypass Post Op Day 44 Video – Wendy Carpenter – Part 12
25/08/2009 – 08:47 | No Comment
Gastric Bypass Post Op Day 44 Video – Wendy Carpenter – Part 12

Wendy Carpenter is now on day 44 post op after her gastric bypass surgery at Vita Clinics.
Read more of Wendy’s diary here.

Childhood Obesity
25/08/2009 – 08:09 | No Comment

Childhood obesity has clearly become a serious personal and public health problem for the world population.
The same is true in the UK, where childhood obesity has risen to almost epidemic proportions. It is estimated that …

Gastric Bypass Post Op Day 38 Video – Wendy Carpenter – Part 11
19/08/2009 – 08:27 | No Comment
Gastric Bypass Post Op Day 38 Video – Wendy Carpenter – Part 11

Wendy Carpenter is now on day 38 post op after her gastric bypass surgery at Vita Clinics (www.vitaclinics.co.uk) – Wendy has lost 2 stone 8 pounds (16.4 kilos) since her pre op diet.
“Back to work again. …

Get rid of saggy skin after weight loss
12/08/2009 – 14:06 | No Comment

WATCHING shows like The Biggest Loser, you can’t help but be impressed at the astonishing weight loss some people achieve.
But you also notice a side effect of that achievement – excess skin.
Dr David Smith, director …

Gastric Bypass Post Op Day 32 Video – Wendy Carpenter – Part 10
11/08/2009 – 09:15 | No Comment
Gastric Bypass Post Op Day 32 Video – Wendy Carpenter – Part 10

Wendy Carpenter is now on day 32 post op after her gastric bypass surgery at Vita Clinics (www.vitaclinics.co.uk) – Wendy has lost 2 stone 3 pounds (14 kilos) since her pre op diet and is …

Credit crunch ’causes obesity’
11/08/2009 – 08:52 | No Comment

A study of more than 9000 people has found that a quarter of those who were seriously in debt were clinically obese.
A recent study by scientists in Germany has found a ‘significant link’ between indebtedness …