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Obesity Help Home Site

American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

American College of Surgeons

Ethicon Endo-surgery Inc. information website

REALIZE Adjustable Gastric Band system

LAP-BAND System – Allergan/Covidien

REALIZE Adjustable Gastric Band interactive site

CMC-Northeast Medical Center – Concord, NC

American Society for Bariatric Physicians

American Obesity Association

Weight-Loss Surgery Options

Internet Obesity Magazine

Official Journal of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders

North American Association for the Study of Obesity

Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons

M.A.L. Fobi, M.D., Los Angeles, CA