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Issues. >> reporter: with more than one-third of the country considered obese, many americans are desperate to lose weight. >> i have tried every fad diet, every diet out there known to man. i even had my teeth wired one time to try to lose weight. >> reporter: from extreme diets to extreme surgery, finding a solution can be tough. though there is some interest in a new procedure introduced in the u.s. this week. it's a gastric balloon. patients swallow a pill with the device inside attached to a thin cathet catheter. once in the stomach, the balloon is filled with fluid and the tube is remove...

>> reporter: from extreme diets to extreme surgery, finding a solution can be tough. there is some interest in a new procedure introduced in the u.s. this week. a gastric balloon, patients swallow a pill with the device inside, attached to a thin cathet catheter. once in the stomach, the balloon is filled with fluid, and the tube is removed. the balloon helps the patient to feel full. it's passed out naturally by the body in four months. it hasn't been e-a. proved by the fda and is in the trial phase in europe. >> all of the procedures so far have been to make your stomach smaller involve surg...

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Immediately. now they've learned that they have ten to 15 sharks swimming consistently throughout the area. they're all juveniles and don't pose a threat but they have put warning signs up and are telling people to be careful. they say they plan to shut the beach down if sharks get too big or aggressive. it's all in an effort to keep the beach goers and surfers safe. >> i think it's great. we're out there. we can't see them until they're really really close, if that's the case. some preventive measures are always awesome. >> reporter: they have to get a permit with the faa which they're workin...

I haven't stood in a shower in two plus years and a lot of survivors haven't and we're still going through surgeries, we being the survivor community. but i do think it is a milestone. myself and others have been preparing for this trial for a very long time over a year. and so in that case of the trial coming to an end, i feel like that closure is a really good closure to have to have that chapter be closed in the trial phase is good. but this will forever affect everyone's life that was involved. >> you were not in court today, as we said you were at home and you testified against him in the...