stomach-stapling

It is a long way in time and culture from modern Glasgow, where obesity is so commonplace because of a junk food diet of pizza, burgers and fish suppers that the Scottish Executive is considering opening an NHS-funded stomach-stapling clinic in the city.

Food and Drink 2009

Overweight people are more likely to contract diabetes, cancer and heart disease, and to require replacement joints or stomach-stapling operations.

January « 2008 « Isegoria 2008

Overweight people are more likely to contract diabetes, cancer and heart disease, and to require replacement joints or stomach-stapling operations.

Don’t treat the old and unhealthy, say doctors « Isegoria 2008

While others might see Maradona as a study in tawdriness - the stomach-stapling, the drugs, hanging out with Hugo Chavez - he embodies a certain sort of Argentina and will remain such forever.

John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

While others might see Maradona as a study in tawdriness - the stomach-stapling, the drugs, hanging out with Hugo Chavez - he embodies a certain sort of Argentina and will remain such forever.

Diego Maradona Lives to Fight Another Day 2009

Desperate to slim down, he had his GI tract rearranged in a stomach-stapling procedure which was meant to keep him thin for life.

Janice Horowitz: Dueling Docs 2009

Plus, the government paying for stomach-stapling surgeries.

CNN Transcript Feb 22, 2006 2006

It's an alternative to grody stomach-stapling surgery, and appears to be very much the lesser of two evils.

Boing Boing: May 4, 2003 - May 10, 2003 Archives 2003

GSA head's stomach-stapling and the FDA's scatological alert quote of the week Senate classified briefing: can they be trusted not to spill the beans?

The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Emily Heil 2011

GSA head's stomach-stapling and the FDA's scatological alert quote of the week SuperFan Badge

The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Emily Heil 2011