Like millions of men and women across the country, Carol has been struggling with her weight for decades. At 5'2'' and 287 pounds, this 60-year-old woman is one of the 15 million Americans considered morbidly obese.

Carol says she weighed almost 490 pounds at her heaviest. Since then, she's tried dieting, exercising, stomach stapling and gastric bypass surgery to reach a healthy weight…but nothing has worked. "I've always known in my heart that there had to be something else," she says.

What if there was a medical solution that could put an end to Carol's yo-yo dieting, food cravings and calorie counting? Well, there is.

• Find out more from West Virginia University Hospitals

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