{"id":83899,"date":"2016-06-14T21:59:51","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T21:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/fda-approves-stomach-draining-obesity-treatment-2\/"},"modified":"2016-06-14T21:59:51","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T21:59:51","slug":"fda-approves-stomach-draining-obesity-treatment-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/fda-approves-stomach-draining-obesity-treatment-2\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA approves stomach-draining obesity treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; A new weight loss device offers a novel approach to cutting calories: draining them from the stomach before they are digested.<\/p>\n<p>The AspireAssist system consists of a thin tube implanted in the stomach, connecting to an outside port on the skin of the belly. About 30 minutes after finishing a meal, users connect the port to an external device, which drains some of the recently-consumed food into the toilet.<\/p>\n<section class=\"mod-25\">\n<h2>More on this&#8230;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"article-ct\">\n<article>\n<h3>Obesity surgery linked to reduced pain, improved mobility<\/h3>\n<p>\t    \t<span class=\"type type-article\" \/><br \/>\n\t    <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\">\n<article>\n<h3>Extra pregnancy pounds tied to obesity even for normal-size babies<\/h3>\n<p>\t    \t<span class=\"type type-article\" \/><br \/>\n\t    <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\">\n<article>\n<h3>Fast food, flashy cars and shopping malls: Africa hurtles into obesity crisis<\/h3>\n<p>\t    \t<span class=\"type type-article\" \/><br \/>\n\t    <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>The manufacturer says its system removes about 30 percent of food stored in the stomach before it begins causing weight gain.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the latest in a series of new options for millions of obese Americans who have been unable to lose weight via more traditional methods. About 38 percent of all U.S. adults are obese.<\/p>\n<p><i \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; A new weight loss device offers a novel approach to cutting calories: draining them from the stomach before they are digested. The AspireAssist system consists of a thin tube implanted in the stomach, connecting to an outside port on the skin of the belly. About 30 minutes after finishing a meal, users <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/fda-approves-stomach-draining-obesity-treatment-2\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83899\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}