Does Obesity Surgery Help Teens? ; Federal Study Aims to Weigh the Risks

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › April 30, 2007

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CINCINNATI Seventeen-year-old Amanda Munson gained confidence and energy as she lost 40 of her 296 pounds after weight-loss surgery and her diabetes went into remission.

"People have told me I not only look thinner, but I seem to glow maybe because I'm so much happier," she said. The 5-foot-5 high school senior from nearby Burlington, Ky., hopes to lose another 75 to 100 pounds.

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Does Obesity Surgery Help Teens? ; Federal Study Aims to Weigh the Risks

Munson is the first of 200 teenagers who will be enrolled in a five-year, federally funded study on the benefits and risks of ba...

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