Picture This: America's Big Fat Future of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

Facing the Facts: The High Cost of Obesity in America

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Today's new York Times reports on studies recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, "Surgery on Diabetics May Be Better Than Standard Treatment".  

Although the effectiveness of metabolic surgery on resolution of type 2 diabetes is good news, the bad news is, most Americans cannot afford the cost of bariatric surgery, which ranges from $10,000 for adjustable gastric banding to more than $30,000 for the RNY gastric bypass.  

The good news: the world's leading metabolic surgeons are located in Mexico, Costa Rica and Spain, where the cost for the procedure is less than half the U.S. health system.  The best news: Health Travel Guides, a San Francisco-based healthcare technology firm, will guide you every step of the way!

Find out if you are a candidate for weight loss surgery by clicking on this secure link to fill out a personal medical history . A Health Travel Guide will be in touch to answer your questions about traveling for bariatric surgery abroad - something more than 7,000 Americans have done!

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