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Bariatric Surgery

Weight Matters: When Willpower Isn't Enough

Most medical weight-loss programs first try to help you make the long-term behavioral changes necessary to achieve and maintain a healthy weight. This includes exercising regularly and eating healthy food. If you still remain seriously overweight, you and your doctor might discuss these options. Learn More

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A Guide to Bariatric Surgery

Deciding on Surgery
For the surgery to work, you must change your diet and lifestyle. In most cases, the surgery is not reversible. So if you’re considering surgery, learn all you can about it before you decide. Learn More

Types of Surgery
There are several different kinds of bariatric surgeries. An early version of the surgery, stomach stapling, has fallen out of favor because the newer surgeries result in greater weight loss. Learn More

After Surgery
Bariatric surgery will make it difficult for you to eat a large amount of solid food. After the surgery, you must eat very small meals. Eating too much or too fast may cause unpleasant symptoms, such as nausea. Learn More

About Obesity
We've all heard warnings, yet many of us keep gaining weight. More than half of American adults are overweight or obese, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Learn More

Obesity in the News

With Faulty Food Labeling, Who's Minding the Store? 03-19-2010

Recent charges of misleading ingredient, calorie count info have FDA scrambling to fix system

Low-Fat Diet Does Little to Alter Cholesterol Levels 03-18-2010

But researcher adds it's still a good choice for losing weight

More Kids Now Extremely Obese 03-18-2010

Report authors warn of shorter life spans, impending health problems for these children