Bariatric surgery is a major procedure, whether you undergo a gastric bypass, a gastric banding, or a gastric plication. There are several things that patients are asked to do prior to surgery so that the procedure flows smoothly. Let's look at these pre-surgery procedures right now so you understand what to expect.

Bariatric surgery is an important option to consider if you would like to improve your appearance and overall health. If you travel abroad for surgery, there are many benefits. Let’s see why many people are turning to medical tourism for weight loss surgery.

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.

There has been a major increase in the number of people who are overweight, obese, or morbidly obese lately. There are plenty of causes to this, which we would like to take a moment to look at right now.