Many people have been conditioned to hate the word diet. The very term suggests restriction and bland foods like rice cakes. However, a diet shouldn’t be a bad word under a weight loss medication . And sticking to a healthy eating plan doesn’t need to be boring. Medically supervised diets are anything but boring, and they can quickly make you […]
Weight loss medications after bariatric surgeries like the laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass let you finally lose weight after years of trying. This is the experience of millions of Americans who struggle with obesity and eventually turn to bariatric surgery to drop the stubborn weight.Bariatric or weight loss surgery is considered a last resort. It usually gets recommended by […]
Understanding Weight Loss CostDisclaimer: The following weight loss surgery cost breakdown is a generalization only. Schedule a consultation with Dr. Moeinolmolki to receive a more accurate quote for a specific bariatric procedure.The cost of weight loss surgery is a topic that gets brought up during every weight loss surgery consultation. That’s understandable, as most people don’t want to commit to bariatric surgery until they […]
The CDC estimates that 73.6% of U.S. adults over 20 are overweight and 42.5% are obese. Consequently, the number of weight loss surgery cases is also increasing. A growing number of these individuals are classified as morbidly obese, which – as the name implies – is a serious health condition.What is Morbid Obesity?Morbid obesity is a health condition that can […]
For a healthy lifestyle, you can prefer a quick treatment of weight loss surgery because obesity goes hand-in-hand with a host of chronic ailments called comorbidities by doctors. Examples of obesity comorbidities include type 2 diabetes, hypertension (high blood pressure), sleep apnea, and heart disease, among others. In a similar manner, weight loss surgery is quite helpful to reduce joint […]
Fatness has become a significant health problem all over the world. Therefore, weight loss surgery is widely favoured as a treatment for it. While the problem doesn’t seem to discriminate based on age, we see older and very young patients struggling with the disease. Nearly 40% of people aged 51 or older are overweight, and the CDC puts the percentage […]
Even after losing weight via bariatrics, many bariatric surgery patients fear they will gain the weight back all over again. That never-ending cycle of weight loss and regain spurred many patients to seek out bariatric surgery in the first place. You may think, “Is it possible to regain all the weight after losing it through a gastric sleeve or a similar surgery?”How Common is […]
Many doctors recommend weight loss surgery to their patients to combat this unhealthy problem.The growing obesity epidemic shows no signs of slowing down and that’s why, weight loss surgery is the effective method to deal with it. The CDC reports that more than 42.4% of all American adults are overweight. Harvard predicts that nearly 50% of adults will be obese […]
Slimming down with weight loss surgery is made possible thanks to two distinct fat loss mechanisms. The first is called restriction. Bariatric procedures like the gastric sleeve and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass restrict how much you can eat by making your stomach smaller. By eating less, you can begin losing a significant amount of weight quickly, and keep it off long-term. […]
Introduction to Weight Loss ConsultationWhen you have gained significant weight over many years, the pressure to take it off becomes enormous. You didn’t choose to become obese. To lose significant weight, you may have considered turning to bariatrics. Or, more specifically, weight loss surgery.Bariatrics is the science of helping people lose weight through medical means. Bariatric surgery encompasses gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, […]
