What to Do About a Large Belly Obesity is not only a cosmetic problem, it is also a major health problem.  Benefits of weight loss are tremendous, especially in improving life expectancy.  High blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease are also greatly improved following weight loss. Patients don’t always know how to go about loosing they [...]

Weight loss surgery options – Gastric band versus gastric bypass There are several different bariatric (obesity surgery) operations available. The two most common are the Roux en Y (RNY) gastric bypass and the laparoscopic adjustable gastric band (LAGB). Both surgeries can be life changing for patients and each have their own merits. The question for [...]

Bariatric Surgery – A cure for Type 2 diabetes Since 1995, numerous studies have published results showing that bariatric surgery and in particular the gastric bypass procedure cures type 2 diabetes. It is thought that the cure is brought about by changes to the hormones produced by the digestive system as a result of surgery [...]

How Does Lap Band Surgery Work? Lap band surgery is just 1 of the multipld procedures that are available for losing weight. These methods of surgeries are described as gastric bypass surgeries. Their method is to constrict the amount of food and calories that a person can eat thus helping with the losing of weight. [...]

Stigmas and Labels Placed on the Morbidly Overweight While being morbidly overweight can have a negative impact on physical health, the stigmas and labels associated with this health condition can also have a dramatic effect on emotional well-being. Overweight people must endure the stereotypes associated with their body type while still trying to find the [...]