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Fat is a market on fire

Someone is getting phat on your fat.
Written by Dana Blankenhorn, Inactive

Obesity, illustration by MedicalookObesity has gotten so big, and so many people are now getting surgery to fight it, that Frost & Sullivan has broken out its first marketing report on the subject. (Picture from Medicalook.com)

The "U.S. Obesity Surgery Devices Markets" further divides this market into four pieces:

  1. Laparoscopic gastric bypass, what you might call the full Roker 
  2. Laparoscopic gastric banding, which put the skinny on Brian Dennehy. )
  3. Endoluminal technologies, pioneered by, among others, Dr. Shawn Garber of New York, and
  4. Other emerging techniques (you don't want to know).

Someone is getting phat on your fat. Does the rising price of flour spell opportunity for you? You don't want your neighbors looking to milk you for a pint so they can drive to the store, do you?

How about we take a walk this weekend?

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