WLS News – January 23, 2009

Tune into the January 23, 2009, edition of WLS News to find out how obesity can affect ovarian cancer rates in older women, how the speed at which children eat impacts their BMI in adulthood, how a group of flight attendants is fighting back against weight discrimination, and why some Texas taxpayers may be footing the bill for low-income residents wanting weight loss surgery. Plus, find out how robots are helping America overcome its obesity epidemic!

WLS Patients to Gather for Two-Day Conference

Come meet the team from the Weight Loss Surgery Channel at the Texas Weight Loss Surgery Summit later this month! Hundreds of weight loss surgery pre- and post-op patients will have a chance to meet and mingle with more than 60 bariatric doctors and allied healthcare professionals during the two-day educational conference, which features a keynote speech by Dr. Garth Davis from TLC’s show Big Medicine.