It is a last resort for severely overweight teenagers who have already tried everything to lose weight: gastric bypass surgery. Dr. François van Dielen of the Máxima Medical Center (MMC) in Veldhoven is the only surgeon in the Netherlands who performs this procedure on this group, he says. "There is now enough evidence that it works."
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It is a last resort for severely overweight teenagers who have already tried everything to lose weight: gastric bypass surgery. Dr. François van Dielen of the Máxima Medical Center (MMC) in Veldhoven is the only surgeon in the Netherlands who performs this procedure on this group, he says. "There is now enough evidence that it works."
It is a last resort for severely overweight teenagers who have already tried everything to lose weight: gastric bypass surgery. Dr. François van Dielen of the Máxima Medical Center (MMC) in Veldhoven is the only surgeon in the Netherlands who performs this procedure on this group, he says. "There is now enough evidence that it works."