Today, about one in five children in the United States are obese. That means that in just one generation alone the number of obese kids in this country has quadrupled.

Bariatric surgery in adolescents improves obesity-related diseases within first 2 years brought to you by : Bariatric Diet Blog

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 many obesity-related diseases within …

Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents Improves Obesity-Related Diseases Within First Two Years brought to you by : Bariatric Diet Blog

There is something new in weight loss surgery, a novel procedure at St. Joseph Hospital in Chicago called laparoscopic gastric plication.

New bariatric surgery less invasive brought to you by : Bariatric Diet Blog

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 of dollars in healthcare costs for …

Device makers urge coverage of weight-loss surgery brought to you by : Bariatric Diet Blog

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 of dollars in healthcare costs for …

Device makers urge coverage of weight-loss surgery brought to you by : Bariatric Diet Blog

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.

Bariatric patients have lost a ton — actually 2.9 tons brought to you by : Bariatric Diet Blog

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.

Bariatric patients have lost a ton — actually 2.9 tons brought to you by : Bariatric Diet Blog