Background: Patients with morbid obesity have an increased risk for anxiety and depression. The "duodenal switch" is perhaps the most effective obesity surgery procedure for inducing weight loss.

Michael Anthony Tanzi was executed via lethal injection on Tuesday, but his legal team claimed he was too 'morbidly obese' for the execution ...

A death row inmate in Florida is asking for mercy due to his “morbid” obesity. Michael Tanzi, 48, wants “leniency” for his scheduled execution next month due to health issues including his ...

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Another study looked at sudden death as a result of heart disease in morbid obesity. Seven massively obese patients had severe coronary artery disease at the time of unexpected death. This ...

Lawyers for a death row convict in Florida are seeking to delay his execution next week, arguing that it would be ‘unconstitutional’ due to the prisoner’s morbid obesity, which could ...

Lawyers for a death row inmate in Florida are trying to stay his execution next week, arguing that it would be unconstitutional given the prisoner’s morbid obesity, which could complicate his ...

BRADFORD COUNTY, Fla. (WKRC) - A death row inmate's lawyers filed documents requesting that their client be exempt from lethal injection due to his morbid obesity. 48-year-old Michael Tanzi was ...

Foschi and colleagues used botulinum toxin A (BTX) to inhibit muscle contraction in the gastric wall in morbidly obese patients and assessed the subsequent changes in food intake and body weight.