Surgical procedure in which the STOMACH is transected high on the body. The resulting small proximal gastric pouch is joined to any parts of the SMALL INTESTINE by an end-to-side SURGICAL ANASTOMOSIS, depending on the amounts of intestinal surface being bypasses. This procedure is used frequently in the treatment of MORBID OBESITY by limiting the size of functional STOMACH, food intake, and food absorption.
    

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The truth about fat.

Why are we getting so fat?.

Weight loss surgery for dummies / by Marina S. Kurian, Barbara Thompson, and Brian K. Davidson ; foreword by Al Roker.

Gastric bypass surgery : everything you need to know to make an informed decision / Mary P. McGowan, with Jo McGowan Chopra.

Supersize teens : can't stop eating.

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The truth about fat.

Why are we getting so fat?.

Weight loss surgery for dummies / by Marina S. Kurian, Barbara Thompson, and Brian K. Davidson ; foreword by Al Roker.

Gastric bypass surgery : everything you need to know to make an informed decision / Mary P. McGowan, with Jo McGowan Chopra.

Supersize teens : can't stop eating.