EzineArticles.com: The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Board publishes every five year helpful guidelines regarding nutrition and heath maintenance. The guidelines were created in order to reduce the obesity rates and promote health, as well as to reduce the risk of chronic diseases.

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Dietary Guidelines for Weight Maintenance

EzineArticles.com: The LAP-BAND System is used by people with a BMI of over 35 or over 30 and at least one comorbid health condition. The FDA of Gastroenterology and Urology Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee has decided, after a study on 149 moderately obese patients, that the lap band safely use can be extended to BMI 30, without any other medical conditions besides the ones that are associated with obesity.

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Lap Band System Is Recommended By FDA Advisory Committee