Bariatric surgery is an umbrella term for any surgery that alters your digestive system — with the goal of reducing weight and improving a person's metabolic function. In general, this type of surgery ...

If childhood obesity is an ‘epidemic,’ how far should doctors go to treat it? Alexandra Duarte, who had bariatric surgery at 16, with her mother, Gabriela Velez.Credit...Kholood Eid for The New York ...

The first time I told my daughter I was considering bariatric surgery, my family was enjoying dinner at a sports bar during a weekend getaway. It was December 2020, and I had already been to a ...

It was a message reinforced by her pediatrician: "He'd be telling us, 'She's overweight. You've got to get her to diet,' " Northam recalls from age 5 or 6. "I remember these conversations. But I was ...

More than 2.5 billion adults worldwide are overweight or obese. Many develop type 2 diabetes (T2D) and other complications. Bariatric surgery is an effective treatment option for significantly ...

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Obesity shortens life expectancy. Bariatric surgery is known to reduce the long-term relative risk of death, but its effect on life expectancy is unclear. In total, 2007 and 2040 patients were ...

The use of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) for obesity treatment increased more than twofold between the last half of 2022 and the last half of 2023, whereas the rate of ...

Bariatric surgery can help people who struggle with obesity lose significant amounts of weight, but after that weight comes off, it can leave behind sagging or loose skin. This happens because the ...

LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) - A teacher in Clark County, Nevada, got bariatric surgery and is now encouraging others to do the same through the school district’s health insurance plan, which offers the ...