Substantial weight loss in the setting of obesity has considerable metabolic benefits. Yet some studies have shown improvements in obesity-related metabolic comorbidities with more modest weight loss.

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Nearly 20 percent of gastric band patients face additional surgeries, study finds . The band's popularity has slipped in recent years. By ABC News. May 17, 2017, 3:04 PM. 1:51.

As the number of people having gastric bands fitted to lose ... Online First by the Lancet details the problems experienced by a 49-year-old woman several years after she had a gastric band ...

Following gastric band surgery, device-related reoperation common, costly Date: May 17, 2017 Source: The JAMA Network Journals Summary: Among Medicare beneficiaries undergoing laparoscopic ...

One Gastric Band, Two Sisters, Nearly Identical Weight Loss. Twins lose identical weight, even though only one had weight loss surgery. By ABC News. November 23, 2010, 1:24 PM.

LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Allison Harden is being wheeled into an operating room, about to have gastric-band surgery. She can hear the operating staff, the monitors -- it seems so real. But it's not ...