Innovation and Change: Gastric Bypass
By:Karibe Partee
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By:Karibe Partee
Senior Indiviaual Website
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1. In 2002 63,000 Americans had the surgery preformed.
2. About one third of American adults are over weigth. That's about 58 million adults. More than 14 million are seriously over weight. And about 5 million are severly over weight to the point where it is effecting their health and life expactancy.
3. The average cost of the procedure is 20,000-30,000 although many health companies are starting to add this in their health plans.
4. 170,000 pateints undergo bariatric surgery each year in the United States.
5. In 2002 U.S. plastic suregons preformed 56,000 post operative body countouring surgeries
2. About one third of American adults are over weigth. That's about 58 million adults. More than 14 million are seriously over weight. And about 5 million are severly over weight to the point where it is effecting their health and life expactancy.
3. The average cost of the procedure is 20,000-30,000 although many health companies are starting to add this in their health plans.
4. 170,000 pateints undergo bariatric surgery each year in the United States.
5. In 2002 U.S. plastic suregons preformed 56,000 post operative body countouring surgeries
