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My 600-lb Life Struggle Ended in Mexico

Dr. Zapata has completed over 9,000 successful bariatric surgeries on obese and highly obese patients since 1995. A recent patient at Mexico Bariatric Center®, Shannon, a resident of Oregon, is 5′ 2″ tall and weighs around 600 pounds, with a body mass index (BMI) over 100. Like many others without insurance coverage and with out-of-reach […]

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