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Weight & Nutrition

Why these twin sisters, just 25, got bariatric surgery

Procedure on the same day jumpstarted a new outlook on their health

Page Leggett
Contributing Writer
Published April 17, 2024
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Jalisa (left) and Arlisa Flores.

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