NBC Evening News for Wednesday, Aug 06, 2003
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(Studio: Lester Holt) Report introduced.
(Palo Alto: Kelly O’Donnell) The controversial practice of performing stomach surgery on overweight young people examined; details given about the criteria for selecting candidates for the surgery; animation shown of the gastric bypass procedure. [Surgery patient Amy TOPEL- describes the agony of being an overweight teen.] [Dr. Craig ALBANESE- says it is a last resort for the most severe cases.]
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