Adolescents who undergo bariatric surgery regain more weight after surgery if they are exposed to higher levels of per- and ...

Tonia Brown and Tonie Ervin do many things together, including changing their diet, walking more and undergoing bariatric ...

Educators with one Nevada school district can get bariatric surgery for free, as long as they keep the weight off over a five ...

When assessing PFAS subtypes, Baumert's group found higher concentrations of the sulfonic acid-containing compound PFOS of ...

Obese patients who have bariatric (weight-loss) surgery live longer than those who do not have the procedure, according to findings from a new study published in the journal Obesity. Surgery ...

Obesity is a mounting health crisis globally and is linked to various chronic conditions. For those battling obesity, ...

Vegas teachers are getting lapband surgery paid for if they don’t put weight back on - Over 50 teachers in the Clark County ...

Bariatric surgery is a type of surgery that helps severely overweight people permanently lose weight. There are several types of bariatric surgery, but all of these surgeries help reduce your appetite ...

When bariatric surgery was first conceived, its primary purpose was just to help people lose weight. Today, we know it does that—but also so much more. According to the American Society for ...

Most important, bariatric surgery seems to work well for adolescents with severe obesity. Over the past decade, Dr. Armstrong said, there has been a fair amount of research on bariatric surgery in ...

After four years, 9.4% of patients who got bariatric surgery reported they had separated or divorced. Among obese patients who got weight-loss advice only, 5.5% had undergone divorce or separation ...