Banding procedure seen as a lasting fix for obesity

There was a time when Don Hess would go to a buffet and really load up his plate.

He loved his own cooking and pretty much everybody else's. 

And over the course of a few decades, his waistline steadily inflated.

By the time he reached his mid-50s, Hess looked at himself and saw an unhappy, 369-pound man.

"It's one of those things, I think, that it sneaks up on you," he says. Click here for full article.