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    Dec 23, 2011, 08:42 PM
    What is gastric bypass?
    I want to look in to getting this done and I just want to know more about every thing I look up on it I get different answers.
    I want to know how much you have to weight to get in done and how old you have to be
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    Dec 23, 2011, 08:49 PM
    Gastric bypass
    I'm 16 years old and I weight a little more then 200 pounds and I have tried every thing to lose weight. I ave never been small and I would do it but I just can lose the weight and I have knee problems already and I don't want to have to have more of them when I'm older. So I trying to learn about it to get it done
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    Dec 23, 2011, 09:16 PM
    You will have to be a candidate for it, approved by your doctor, after professional weight loss fails. Also you did not say how tall you are, big difference if you are 5 foot tall or 6 foot tall.

    Next how hard have you really tried, diet and exercise.
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