In this blog post, the staff at our Santo Domingo bariatric surgery practice reviews the risks of gastric bypass surgery.

People who are morbidly obese are more likely to suffer from a number of health problems than people who are closer to a normal body mass. Let’s look at some of the most common health issues related to obesity.

Weight loss doesn’t occur immediately after a bariatric surgery has been performed, but it does happen, and sometimes rather rapidly. Let’s look at how weight is lost over the first weeks and ensuing months of weight loss surgery.

There are two different bariatric surgery options that are rather popular: gastric banding and gastric bypass. They differ in many ways, and we’d like to compare the two so you understand what they mean to you.

The body mass index is one important tool that can be used to determine if you are obese or morbidly obese. We’d like to look at the body mass index right now and analyze its applicability for determining candidacy for bariatric surgery.

Bariatric surgery has been extremely effective for dealing with obesity in adults, but what about teens? This is one subject we could be hearing about more and more given the nature of childhood obesity and if the numbers continue at their current rate.

While bariatric surgery can lead to safe weight loss and the prevention of obesity-related health conditions, there are some weight gain risk factors that people should be made aware of. Let’s take a look at these right now.

After you undergo bariatric surgery, your diet and your lifestyle will change considerably. Let’s take a look at the most common dietary changes after bariatric surgery so you have an idea of what to expect going forward after surgery.

Joining a support group after undergoing weight loss surgery is a great way of ensuring that you have a positive experience going forward. Let’s look at what bariatric surgery support groups are and what they can do for you.

The recovery period after weight loss surgery may take some time, but the results are well worth it. Let’s look at what you can expect while recovering from bariatric surgery.