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TOO FAT for life

Pilling Weetbix into a bowl, I poured over the mil and tucked in. I was about to set off for the building site where i worked as a rigger.

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Health fund cuts will affect gastric banding patients

OBESITY experts fear that the number of people having surgery to lose weight will plummet this year with three big health funds now restricting payouts for gastric banding and bypass operations.

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A Big Fella's film

La Perouse's Rodney Ardler is the focus of a new film, 'Big Fella', which confronts the crippling health effects of diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity in Indigenous communities throughout Australia.

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The Hon .John Della Bosca (MLC) The Minister for Health NSW.officially opened the new siosThe Sydney Institute for Obesity Surgery premises at the Sydney Private Hospital (Ashfield) on the Wednesday 3rd.of .June 2009

More than 50 Obesity specialists ,General Practitioners, Medical and Media Guests attended the opening Ceremony

I can't be fat, I must be thin

Research shows that many young people are seriously troubled by body image problems. Will the phenomenon cripple a generation's ability to mature and lead productive, satisfying lives?

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No IVF for obese women: hospital

OBESE women are being barred from expensive fertility treatment programs at Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred hospital
until they lose weight.

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Think yourself thin

Losing weight is as simple as convincing your body you don't need to store excess fat. But how simple that can be?

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Weight loss wonder
By Mazoe Ford

Australian Current Affair

Queenslander Therese Lord has lost an amazing 83 kilograms since having lap band surgery two years ago.

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Teens chose banding to fight flab

THE SUN-HERALD April 2, 2006

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Lap band in the news-

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