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Bariatric Surgery in the News The Diabetes Cure That Most Insurance Companies Won’t Pay For (Gizmodo) The story describes a patient who has been in a losing struggle with diabetes…

Factors Associated With Long Wait Times for Bariatric Surgery (Annals of Surgery) Researchers analyzed a statewide clinical data registry of 60,791 patients who had bariatric surgery from 2006 to 2016…

ASMBS’ Updated Position Statement on Bariatric Surgery in Class I Obesity Gets Support from the ADA and SAGES-Endorsement The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Updated Position Statement…

Surgery in a Pill?… Lower Risk of GERD after Gastric Bypass than Other Procedures… U.S. Obesity Rates on the Rise Again… CDC: Obesity Rates Highest in Rural America… Young Adults…

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New Reports of Deaths Linked to Intragastric Balloons… Teens with Mental Health Issues and Obesity Still Benefit from Bariatric Surgery… Risk of Osteoporosis after Bariatric Surgery… Obesity Tied to Adverse…

Bariatric Surgery Reverses Hypogonadism… Teens’ Mental Health Diagnoses Does Not Affect One-Year Weight-Loss After Bariatric Surgery… Bariatric Surgery Linked to Reduced Risk of Acute Kidney Injury… Obesity Influences Likelihood of…

Morning Talk Shows Highlight the Dangers of Weight Loss Surgery in Mexico… Colorado Teen Has Weight Loss Surgery, a Growing Trend for Adolescents with Obesity… Bariatric Surgery Reduces Risk of…

TODAY Show Profiles Woman’s Success after Sleeve Gastrectomy… STAMPEDE Data Suggests First-Year Weight Loss Key to Long-Term Glycemic Control… Apollo Endosurgery Launch European Bariatric Registry for Endoscopic Suturing Procedure… Reality…

More than 2,650 physicians are now board certified in obesity medicine in the United States and Canada, making obesity medicine one of the fastest growing fields in medicine. In 2013,…