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.

WLS News – January 2, 2009

In the January 2, 2009, edition of WLS News, host Leslie Thompson reports on the danger of bone loss in post-op bariatric patients; how breastfeeding helps new moms shed their “baby weight”; the risk of adult obesity for kids who don't get enough sleep; shocking facts about arteriosclerosis in obese children; and a new bariatric procedure that requires no incisions.