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Decrease in number of weight loss surgeries

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  • Saturday, May 25 2013 7:47 PM EDT2013-05-25 23:47:22 GMT
    One man died and another is behind bars Saturday after a son shoots and kills his father at their Overlook Drive home in Stanaford.Raleigh County Sheriff's Deputies said 23-year-old Donald Gray Dunn, Jr.
    One man died and another is behind bars Saturday after a son shoots and kills his father at their Overlook Drive home in Stanaford.Raleigh County Sheriff's Deputies said 23-year-old Donald Gray Dunn, Jr.

The number of teenagers who undergo weight loss surgery has leveled off in the past decade.

Bariatric surgery jumped in popularity in the early 2000's, but researchers in Washington found that since 2003 the number of procedures has plateaued at about one thousand a year.

Minimally invasive Laparosopic Procedures have become most popular.

About a third of all children in the U.S. are overweight or obese.