Gastric Bypass The magic Bullett
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The Magic Bullet
Gastric Bypass Surgery is now at epidemic proportions. Obesity and the high profile celebrities transformed by the operation comedian Roseanne Barr, singer Carnie Wilson, nationally televised TV weatherman and bon vivant Al Roker, demand for the very expensive procedure ($30,000.00 plus) has skyrocketed just in the last few years. Dr. Gordon L. Jensen, director of the Vanderbilt Center for Human Nutrition in Nashville was interviewed by the New York Times and states, "A gastric bypass surgery usually costs $30,000.00, but can cost much more if serious complications occur". (F6) The New York Times reports, that it is estimated that nearly 150,000 procedures will be performed in 2004. The operation had some 20,000 patients in 1995. (Grady) Gastric by-pass surgery, a "magic bullet" approach to weight- loss, urgently needs critical examination...