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Bariatric surgeon Gerald A. Cahill, M.D., right, and patient Pat Therault poase for a portrait with the da Vinci Si Robotic Surgical System at the Midwest Bariatric Institute at Saint Margaret Mercy in Dyer. Therault was Cahill's first patient with the da Vinci System.

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The surgeon's console of the da Vinci Si Robotic Surgical System at the Midwest Bariatric Institute at Saint Margaret Mercy in Dyer.

Bariatric surgeon joins elite group using minimally invasive techniques

Bariatric surgeon Gerald A. Cahill, right, and patient Pat Therault are shown with the da Vinci Si Robotic Surgical System at the Midwest Bariatric Institute at Saint Margaret Mercy in Dyer. Therault was Cahill's first patient with the da Vinci system.

Make New Year's resolutions stick

Valparaiso - Kristy Cox, left, of Weight Watchers measures the weight of a member before a meeting Wednesday, Dec. 22 at Saint Theresa of Avila in Valparaiso.

Make New Year's resolutions stick

Valparaiso - Kristy Cox of Weight Watchers leads a meeting of a handful of members Wednesday, Dec. 22 at Saint Theresa of Avila in Valparaiso.

Guide to healthy habits for your kids

'Biggest Loser' winner stops in to motivate NWI women

CHESTERTON | Ali Vincent remembers watching the finale of NBC's "The Biggest Loser" during the third season months after seeing footage of winner Erik Chopin during his weigh-in in the season premiere.

US obesity rates still high, but not growing

CHICAGO| Raise a glass of diet soda, the nation's obesity rate seems to have leveled off. But more than two-thirds of adults and almost a third of children are overweight, and there are no signs of improvement.