What Happens After Bariatric Surgery Makes A Big Difference

The best bariatric surgery teams are the ones that realize that what happens after the surgery is just as important as the surgery.

 What Type of Weight-Loss Surgery Is Right for You?

None of these procedures works in isolation. Long-term success requires a lot from patients in terms of lifestyle changes, Dr. Sharp says. They must comply with diet restrictions and exercise regularly.

Explainer: the risks and benefits of bariatric surgery

Bariatric surgery refers to a group of surgical procedures that make it more difficult to over eat and/or absorb food. It is recognised as the most effective treatment for obesity, resulting in both the largest and most sustained weight loss, and the greatest reduction in obesity-related disease and death. But it is highly invasive, it comes with a number of risks and in some cases is not effective.

How well does bariatric surgery work? We asked 11 people who got it.

Bariatric surgery is medicine’s best treatment for weight loss. But it fails about 1 in 10 patients.

We’re barely using the best tool we have to fight obesity

Americans keep dieting to lose weight, but bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment out there.

What Is Bariatric Surgery, and How Does It Work?

Bariatric surgery is an option that obesity medicine specialists say is too often ignored or dismissed. Yet it is the only option that almost always works to help very heavy people lose a lot of weight and that also can mysteriously make some chronic conditions vanish. Here are some answers about bariatric surgery and what it does.

Bariatric Surgery: The Solution to Obesity

Diet and exercise alone rarely help people lose weight and keep it off. Are operations the answer?

Failure Lab: Weight Loss Surgery Was Never the Plan

When I started my journey to health I only knew one thing for sure. That I would lose weight and get healthy by any means necessary — except surgery. I would not submit to an invasive procedure to do something many people are able to do: control themselves. That would be a complete and utter failure. That would be rock bottom.

Is Bariatric Surgery the Solution to America's Obesity Problem?

Many insurers don't cover it, and most people who qualify are afraid to get the procedure, but bariatric surgery has proven to be effective.

Is Weight-Loss Surgery for You?

If you have been significantly overweight for a long time despite trying your best to shed pounds, consider discussing your options with a bariatric surgeon. Weight-loss surgery is remarkably safe, especially when performed at a nationally accredited bariatric center.

Losing Prospects

New procedures hope to treat obesity without the risks of bariatric surgery.

Obesity Surgery May Work by Remaking Your Gut Microbiome

If you want to lose weight, there’s an app for that. Actually, hundreds. Fitbits, step trackers, food logs, calorie counters—people are increasingly using digital tools to fight obesity. But every year nearly 200,000 Americans opt for a more extreme, old-fashioned solution: surgery.

Surgery for Diabetes May Be Better Than Standard Treatment

Two studies have found that weight-loss operations worked much better than the standard therapies for Type 2 diabetes in obese and overweight people whose blood sugar was out of control.

Taking It Off: The Benefits of Bariatric Surgery

Bariatric surgery can solve more than just weight issues, but lifestyle changes are the key to sustained success.

The Economics of Obesity & Bariatric Surgery

I had to consider every option that would lead to a long-term solution. Just like I would in a business setting. For the first time in my life, weight loss surgery made it to my list of options.

The strange side effect of gastric bypass that helps diabetics

We don't really understand how bariatric surgery improves type 2 diabetes.

Weight Loss Surgery May Not Combat Diabetes Long-Term

Weight loss surgery, which in recent years has been seen as an increasingly attractive option for treating Type 2 diabetes, may not be as effective against the disease as it was initially thought to be, according to a new report. The study found that many obese Type 2 diabetics who undergo gastric bypass surgery do not experience a remission of their disease, and of those that do, about a third redevelop diabetes within five years of their operation.

Weight-Loss Procedures: Pros and Cons

Patients have options among traditional bariatric surgeries and a new generation of interventions. Here’s how they stack up.

Weight-Loss Surgery May Prevent Diabetes

A new study shows that weight-loss surgery not only produced sustained weight loss in obese men and women but substantially reduced their odds of developing Type 2 diabetes.

Why I Never Recommend Weight Loss Surgery to My Clients

There’s no shame in having weight loss surgery if you deeply feel it’s the right choice for you. None of us ought to feel ashamed of our personal choices when it comes to our health and bodies. Despite what some people claim, surgery isn’t the “easy way out.”

Why Weight Loss Surgery Works When Diets Don’t

“Bariatric surgery is probably the most effective intervention we have in health care,” says Laurie K. Twells, a clinical epidemiologist at Memorial University of Newfoundland. She bases this bold claim on her experience with seriously obese patients and a detailed analysis of the best studies yet done showing weight-loss surgery’s ability to reverse the often devastating effects of being extremely overweight on health and quality of life.