Nicholson Clinic

Bariatric surgery is a tremendous tool for helping people lose weight. It is meant, however, to help make dieting and exercise more effective. Procedures like the gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy do not stand in place of smart, healthy and carefully planned out diets. People who want to make sure the weight they’ve lost after such a procedure stays off will need to follow some rules of the road to enjoy lasting success. The results of a recently completed study provide great insights into what it takes to enjoy long-term success after weight loss surgery. The study followed patients over the course of 10 years after weight loss surgery to see what practices, if any, promoted greater long-term success with maintaining weight loss years after procedures were performed. The study’s results offer excellent insights into why it is some post-surgical patients regain as much as 25 percent of the weight they’ve lost within 10 years of a procedure. Researchers ultimately found patients wh...

With an estimated third of the American population considered obese, it’s not surprising that weight loss is a very big industry. New devices, gadgets, diets and exercise plans all meant to help people lose weight seem to pop in and out of favor all the time. While fads come and go, bariatric surgery remains one of the only approaches that is proven to provide sustainable and significant weight loss support for people who are considered severely obese. Procedures such as the gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy have also been proven to help address such related concerns as heart disease and diabetes. While the benefits of bariatric surgery are very well-known and highly publicized both inside and outside of the medical profession, patients may wonder if doctors really do recommend these procedures to their patients. A recent survey of healthcare providers, including a diversity of specialties such as family medicine, found that answer to the question was a resounding yes. Of the mor...