This surgery is for those 100 pounds or more overweight.

Websites
American Obesity Association - www.obesity.org
American Society for Bariatric Surgery - www.asbs.org

The Weight Control Information Network:
Weight-Control Information Network
1 WIN WAY
Bethesda, MD
20892-3665
Phone:             202.828.1025
Fax:                  202.828.1028       
Email:               WIN@info.niddk.nih.gov
Internet:           http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/nutrit.htm
Toll-free:          1.877.946.4627

The Weight-control Information Network (WIN) is a national service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health, which is the Federal Government’s lead agency responsible for biomedical research on nutrition and obesity.  Authorized by Congress (Public Law 103-43), WIN provides the general public, health professionals, the media, and Congress with up-to-date, science-based health information on weight control, obesity, physical activity, and related nutritional disorders.