Bariatric Surgery Diet | Bariatric Diet

Doctors at Nationwide Children's Hospital who perform weight loss surgery (bariatric surgery) on adolescents took a look at their patient population in a retrospective study published in the January 2012 print edition of Pediatric Blood & Cancer. They found that their patients had experienced a significant loss of excess body weight and showed improvement in [...]

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Device manufacturers are pushing the government and health insurers to cover weight-loss surgery, an effort that could give millions more obese Americans access to the treatments. Advocates say it will give obese patients a complete arsenal for fighting the condition that can spur a host of life-threatening illnesses and help save billions [...]

BRISTOL — When Kerry Roy, Bristol Hospital’s bariatric coordinator, says the hospital’s bariatric surgery program has helped people lose “a ton of weight” she means it literally.