I'm happy to look at myself in the mirror," Norris said.She said she still has work to do and hopes to get down to 150 pounds.The new guidelines come from two groups of bariatric surgeons, the ...

NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln announced on July 10 the launch of a new bariatric surgery program meant to give patients ...

A cross-sectional study showed that rates of metabolic and bariatric surgery increased by almost 15% from 2021 to 2023 among adolescents, during a time when GLP-1 receptor agonists were approved ...

Obesity is a huge problem in America with nearly 15 million people termed grossly overweight. In response, the government has recently revised the criteria to qualify for weight-loss surgery.

Study comparing bariatric surgery to GLP-1 medications shows 24% total weight loss from surgery versus 4.7% from injectables, with many patients quitting GLP-1 treatment within a year.

New U.S. dietary guidelines, ... according to a head-to-head real-world study presented at the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery annual meeting. ...

Bariatric surgery is better than GLP-1 drugs for sustained, ... The new study included 38,545 people taking a GLP-1 drug and 12,540 people who had undergone one of the bariatric surgery procedures.

Childhood obesity should be treated early with aggressive treatments, including anti-obesity drugs and weight-loss surgery, according to new guidelines released Monday.

Dr. Michael Cook, director of UMC New Orleans’s bariatric surgery and weight loss program, says that around 30-35 percent of Louisiana’s population qualifies for bariatric surgery, a rate ...

Dr. Michael Cook, director of UMC New Orleans’s bariatric surgery and weight loss program, says that around 30-35 percent of Louisiana’s population qualifies for bariatric surgery, a rate ...