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		<title>Free weight-loss info session set</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Ihla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ If you’re serious about weight loss and would like to learn more about surgical and non-surgical solutions, there will be a free, weight-loss surgery informational session from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28 in Detroit Lakes.
	Bariatric surgeons along with the Innovis Health Park Rapids and St. Joseph’s Center for Weight Management multi-disciplinary team will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barbara Thompson will return for another Weekend in the Pines guest appearance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Ihla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barbara Thompson battled a weight problem from the day she was born. When she finally admitted to herself in her late twenties that her “baby fat” was turning into a serious problem, she began dieting earnestly, only to diet her way to morbid obesity.

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		<title>Blossoming Successes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Ihla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I no longer feel invisible. People now see the person I always knew was inside. I have my life back. I am more confident and stronger physically and mentally. My husband tells me the girl he married is back!&#8221;
&#8211; Linda (left) &#8212; 4 years since surgery



&#8220;Success to me means being more comfortable in my body, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Park Rapids ready for 2009 Walk from Obesity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Ihla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In cities across the United States, those affected by obesity will walk to raise awareness of this disease. The Center for Weight Management of Park Rapids will host the 2009 Walk from Obesity event Saturday, Oct. 3 at the Smokey Hills Wilderness Retreat and Conference Center in Osage, MN.

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		<title>Center for Weight Management named preferred provider by Ontario Ministry of Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Ihla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Health recently named the Center for Weight Management (a service of St. Joseph’s Area Health Services and Innovis Health) a “U.S. Preferred Provider.”]]></description>
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		<title>Exercise now part of couples’ busy schedule</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 20:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Ihla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sherry and Terry Peterson plan to tackle a triathlon after their weight loss spurred their efforts to exercise. The couple together have shed 352 pounds. <!--more-->]]></description>
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		<title>Two adjustable gastic banding procedures now available to choose from</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Ihla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Center for Weight Management now offers two adjustable gastric banding procedures, LAP-BAND® System and REALIZE™ Band.]]></description>
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		<title>Woman loses 100 pounds following adjustable gastric band procedure</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Ihla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Erin Hensel was Dr. Daniel Smith's first adjustable band procedure patients to lose 100 pounds. She once carried more than 300 pounds on her 5-foot, 10-1/2-inch frame.]]></description>
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		<title>Center for Weight Management earns Blue Distinction Center name</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Ihla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Center for Weight Management learned it has been named a Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric Surgery by Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) of Minnesota and the BCBS Association.]]></description>
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		<title>Weight loss, healthy way of life becomes family tradition for extended Fargo family</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Ihla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An extended family of five collectively sheds 744 pounds following weight-loss surgery at the Center for Weight Management.]]></description>
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