Bariatric Surgery Helpful In Fighting Obesity In Kentucky And Nationwide

Over the last decade, statistics on weight gain in the United States have become difficult to ignore. 26.5 percent of Americans are obese and are at an increased risk of health problems such as heart disease, diabetes and certain forms of cancer. Excess weight is a burden to the body, the mind, the spirit and the wallet: obesity is projected to cost Americans $344 billion in medical expenses over the next eight years. States such as Kentucky have especially suffered the effects of widespread obesity and its affiliated ailments. Kentucky's adult obesity rate is 1.9 percent higher than the national average, and more than half of its population could be obese by 2018. As staggering as these statistics may seem there is hope; many people

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