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The skinny on FAT
Bigger is not always better. Besides health problems
aplenty, being obese also means putting up with rude
questions, sidelong and a whole
lot of hurt
By Wong Kim Hoh
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Lately, there's been more and more in the news about the success of the BioEnterics®
Intragastric balloon BIB® System. Read some of the recent articles below.
Singapore - The Straits Times Saturday, November 17 2007
Want to slim down? Don't count on weight-loss drugs
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Are you obese? Info center offers
weight loss solutions
The Manila Bulleting Online
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Surgery for obesity Not a last resort
By Ayn Veronica L. de Jesus (The Manila Times)
OBESITY is a serious, chronic medical disease that has
reached epidemic proportions globally, according to the World
Health Organization. Today, more than 1 billion adults are
overweight, with at least 300 million of them clinically obese.
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Singapore- Sunday Times 17th July 2005
FAT HOPE
A Silicon Balloon is the latest slimming option in town.
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Non-surgical approach to weight loss at
St. Luke’s
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One out of four Malaysians overweight
www.chinaview.cn 2005-06-08 23:04:55
KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 (Xinhuanet) -- Twenty seven percent of Malaysians suffer from obesity, Deputy Health Minister Abdul Latiff Ahmad said Wednesday.
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Bioenterics Intragastric Balloon BIB
surgery in Taiwan News
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New device takes on obesity market
By Barnaby J. Feder The New York Times
FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2005
Ben Zuckerman, a 57-year-old bottling executive from King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, was not surprised last year to find himself carrying more than 290 pounds on his 6-foot-1-inch frame.
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Permanent Weight Loss With Minimal Invasive Surgery
World Record Holder for Laparoscopic Surgery (26,000 cases) and honorary
laparoscopic surgeon to the President of India, Dr. Pradeep Chowbey.........
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Drastic step to win battle of the bulge
Philippine Daily Inquirer article
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Surgeons Return from Bariatric Surgery Training Workshop in Australia
St. Luke's Department of Surgery sent six of its surgeons to Melbourne, Australia in November to a training workshop in laparoscopic adjustable
gastric-band placement under the tutelage of renowned bariatric surgeon,
Professor O'Brien.
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Care Group holds Annual Assembly
The Philippines Colesge of Emergency and Acute Care headed by Dr. Danilo
Francisco, president, held its Annual Scientific Assembly at the AIM Conference
Center, Corner of Benevidez and Trassiera Streets, Makati City.
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Hospital advances obesity care - Treatment center opens in Rochester
by Christina Stolarz / The Detroit News 06/23/2004
Douglas Kuligowski is proud to say he's a volunteer firefighter. He's put out house fires and led families safely out of flooded homes in Utica. But the most challenging part of the job is getting into the heavy uniform, because he's about 100 pounds overweight.
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Bound to beat hunger
by Chase Squires, Times Staff Writer, St. Petersburg Times 08/11/2003
On a Wednesday afternoon, a meeting room at Pasco Regional Medical Center is full of overweight people. There's a thin guy at the front of the room exposing some of the blunt truths about being dangerously overweight. Very overweight people tie their shoes off to the side – or even opt for sandals and Velcro – because they have difficulty bending over, he says.
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Extreme Measures, Fighting the Obesity Epidemic (partial reprint)
by Maria Montoya, Staff Writer/The Times-Picayune 04/07/2003
At home on a Sunday evening, William "Gregg" Steverson sits on his maroon recliner contemplating his own girth. His slender, red-haired wife, Audra, wanders around the house cleaning and chatting with him as he flips mindlessly through the TV channels. She deserves more, he says, and he wishes he had the energy to get dressed up and take her dancing, or even go for a walk down by the levee. Instead, they'll spend another quiet weekend in here in their Belle Chasse home.
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