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Treating morbid obesity: Success stories

July 8, 2014 - 12:00am

In 2003, a general and cosmetic surgeon, Dr. Ferdinand Samonte of De Los Santos Medical Center in Quezon City, started practicing, aside from cosmetic surgery, laparoscopic or “keyhole” surgery...

Health And Family

Morbid obesity should not be taken lightly

March 5, 2013 - 12:00am

In the field of weight loss, it’s not astonishing to hear of healthcare professionals proclaiming the virtues of a revolutionary product or procedure for losing weight without realizing that sometimes, it’s...

Health And Family

Obesity should not be taken lightly

February 14, 2012 - 12:00am

“Morbid obesity is not something to be taken lightly,” says Dr. Ferdinand Samonte, a bariatric surgeon and department head of the Center for Obesity Control at the De Los Santos Medical Center, a...

Health And Family

New hope for the hefty: Bariatric surgery

August 3, 2010 - 12:00am

No doubt about it: Obesity is one of the world’s biggest problems! The most common causes of obesity are an imbalanced diet, one that is higher in fat and sugars, and a trend towards more sedentary acti...

Health And Family

How Lendsi Conos went from 517 to 225 lbs. with Lap-Band

October 13, 2009 - 12:00am

There are different ways how people try to explain or rationalize excess weight gain. For some, it’s a matter of genetics — and that is what many people thought 27-year-old Lendsi Conos’s problem...

Health And Family

Lap-Band weightover: Have your steak and eat it, too

March 10, 2009 - 12:00am

It’s never easy for someone so young to make a decision to undergo surgery to lose excessive weight. Always, the first option is to try to prove they don’t need to go under the knife and try every...

Health And Family