Once people decide to have bariatric surgery, one of their first concerns is how to pay for it. If you have health insurance, begin by learning as much as you can about the benefits your policy provides, and then follow the company’s qualification process to the letter. More Insurance Companies Offering Bariatric Surgery Benefits Most [...]

Bariatric surgery is a tool that can help you lose weight that you have been unable to lose with any other method. Its success rate is very high, but it is not a journey to be undertaken lightly, and it is not appropriate for everyone. In general, you will need to consider the physical, emotional [...]

One of the common concerns expressed by individuals who are considering bariatric surgery or who have recently undergone such a procedure is whether or not they will need periodic vitamin B shots to maintain good health. There is no easy answer to this question. The answer depends mainly on the type of surgical procedure performed. [...]

Medical investigators have found that many significantly overweight people have been eating so habitually that they no longer experience physical hunger. And in fact, what they refer to as hunger is really appetite (the emotional desire for food). Following bariatric surgery, patients are left with a very small stomach, ranging in size from a large [...]

The National Weight Control Registry (a collection of data from people who have lost at least 30 pounds and kept it off for a year or more) has identified regular exercise as one of the behaviors necessary for weight loss success. Surgeons and support groups working with weight loss surgery patients also recognize exercise as [...]

If you are considering bariatric surgery, you already know that you will need to change your eating pattern to avoid unpleasant side effects and promote weight loss after surgery. The type of dietary changes that you will need to make will depend on the type of procedure you have. As a general rule, purely restrictive [...]

Its no secret that people who carry excess weight also carry an increased risk for various health problems including heart disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea, and even certain cancers.  Some overweight people develop a health condition known as Metabolic Syndrome. It is a combination of medical disorders commonly seen in overweight individuals. [...]

f you always feel sleepy, even though you are getting 7 or more hours of sleep each night; you drift off to sleep if you sit still for more than a few minutes during the day; or your partner complains that you wake him/her by snoring. Chances are you have a condition known as sleep [...]

The FDA recently approved a revolutionary new weight loss procedure called a StomaphyX. It was originally developed to ‘fix’ an enlarged stoma (the opening between the stomach and the small intestines) or reduce the size of a stomach pouch that has expanded since it was created during prior weight loss surgery. The procedure can also [...]

The rates of obesity in general and of morbid obesity in particular have increased rapidly in the US and in other industrialized countries in the past 20 years. Morbid obesity is defined a being 100 pounds or more overweight or having a BMI of 40 or greater. As morbid obesity has increased, so has the [...]