Saying Goodbye to Food

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
Samr "Rocky" Tayeh, WNYC Radio Rookie, talks about why he opted for "lap band" surgery to deal with his weight problem along with Kelly Brownell, director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University, who looks at the issues teenagers grapple with before and after the surgery.

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