Bariatric surgery is a medical procedure that alters the digestive system to help individuals with obesity lose weight by limiting food intake, nutrient absorption, or both. Globally, obesity has ...

Families help each other stay on track after gastric bypass. Cindy Millard prepares dinner for two days of holiday get-togethers for her family in Metamora, Mich. Millard lost 60 pounds after ...

Weight loss surgery screening process Before you get weight loss surgery, you'll go through a thorough screening process. Your doctor will consider your physical and emotional health and whether ...

Credit: Getty Images Our easy-to-read fact sheet provides an overview of weight loss surgical procedures, such as gastric sleeve and gastric bypass. Our easy-to-read fact sheets provide clinicians ...

Christie's Lap-Band surgery, performed laparoscopically, was less-invasive. May 7, 2013— -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie revealed earlier this week that he had secretly undergone Lap-Band ...

Bariatric surgery and GLP-1 treatments reshape body composition differently, emphasizing the importance of sex and treatment ...

A new study has confirmed that weight loss or bariatric surgery is safe and very effective, and, for a large percentage of people who were diabetic before the surgery, meant that they didn’t require ...

This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. If you’re struggling with weight, you’re not alone. Around 42 percent of American adults have obesity. In addition to nutrition, ...

Researchers found 80 percent of patients who developed esophageal dilatation after gastric banding required conversion to a different bariatric procedure or had the band removed, according to findings ...

Researchers found weight loss was quicker, greater and retained better after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass than gastric banding surgery, according to findings published in the Archives of Surgery. Studying ...