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y surgery, can have complications and needs to be carefully considered, cautions Khalili. This is particularly true in the case of gastric bypass surgery, where the patient’s eating habits and other lifestyle factors will change quickly and permanently.

According to the most recent estimates of overweight and obesity in the United States by the Centers for Disease Control, between 1980 and 2002 obesity prevalence doubled in adults aged 20 years or older and overweight prevalence tripled in children and adolescents aged six to 19 years. In 2003-2004, approximately 36.8 percent of Mexican Americans were obese compared to 30 percent of non-Hispanic white adults and 45 percent of non-Hispanic black adults. Mexican American women and non-Hispanic black women were significantly more likely to be obese compared with non-Hispanic white women.

Being obese triples the risk of heart disease and produces a tenfold increase in the likelihood of developing diabetes. Other known illnesses caused by obesity are stroke, hypertension, gallbladder disease, osteoarthritis and some forms of cancer.

“Two of the health effects we can measure after surgery and weight loss,” explained Khalili, “are that blood pressure can return to normal and diabetes is often eliminated in 80 to 90 percent of our diabetic patients. Also, when we take quality of life surveys we can see a dramatic improvement. The patients feel better about themselves so they’re more social. Weight-loss surgery is often a life-changing event.”

Both sisters have each lost more than 40 pounds since their surgeries. Lorena has lost approximately 29 percent of her pre-surgery weight and Alma has lost approximately 20 percent of her pre-surgery weight.

Besides eating smaller amounts, they’re exercising more. Both sisters and their families can often be seen walking down the street together - they’re hard to miss with all nine of them walking together.

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