Reality shows transform weight-loss battles into must-see TV
Posted by ichatmediaLADIES AND gentlemen, please give it up for reality television. Because of it, the fitness landscape will never be the same.
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Archive for May, 2008
Weight-loss surgery: What it costs, how to qualify
Posted by ichatmediaThe most extreme solution to morbid obesity costs a pretty penny. The cost of weight-loss surgery ranges from about $17,000 for stomach-banding surgery, to about $35,000 for gastric bypass surgery.
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Bariatric surgery by itself isn’t enough
Posted by ichatmediaThrow out any thoughts that weight reduction surgery is a shortcut to svelte. The surgery, performed on about 200,000 Americans a year, is a last resort to rescue people in danger of dying early from the health …
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Former exercise buff recovering from injury
Posted by ichatmediaDuring her mid-30s, Lee Vodra found a way to lose the 50 pounds she had gained since graduating from college.
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