Thursday, July 30, 2009

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News


Obesity surgery death rates are low, study finds (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 03:19 PM PDT

File photo of an overweight man. Childhood obesity is now the United States' worst health crisis, experts said, urging parents to ban television in kids' rooms and lawmakers to slap a tax on sugar-laden sodas.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AP - Obese, but worried that surgery for it might kill you? The risk of that has dropped dramatically, and now is no greater than for having a gall bladder out, a hip replaced or most other major operations, new research shows.


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