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- Paul, Margaret
Nursing Standard 27(14):p 31, December 5, 2012.
PICK OF THE WEEK
WEIGHT LOSS WARD
Wednesday December 12, ITV 1, 8-9pm
Terry (pictured) weighs 47 stone and has been housebound for more than a year. The 29 year old has been referred to the centre for bariatric surgery at Sunderland Royal Hospital and is one of the biggest patients the unit has ever treated. Before surgery, Terry needs to confront the addictive behaviour and relationship with food that have led to his pathological obesity. But what can the hospital's surgical weight management service offer?
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