Articles of Interest about Bariatric Surgery


Is Bariatric Surgery Safe for Older Patients?
According to a U.S. study in the June issue of the journal Archives of Surgery, Bariatric surgery to treat morbid obesity is safe for carefully selected, older people and Medicare patients. Based on analysis of almost 900 patients who had gastric bypass surgery from 1998 to 2006, researchers found that older patients spent an average of average of 17 minutes less in the operating room but spent a half-day longer in hospital than the younger patients. Read More about Bariatric Surgery for Older Patients

Keys to Successful Bariatric Surgery
Based on new research, follow-up care is a key component of the long-term success of the weight-loss surgery. The study shows what many weight loss surgeons have been telling patients for years, the more you put into bariatric surgery, the more you get out of it. Read More About Bariatric Surgery

Weight Loss Surgery Has Quadrupled in Past Five Years
The number of Americans having weight-loss surgery more than quadrupled between 1998 and 2002—from 13,386 to 71,733—with part of the increase driven by a 900 percent rise in operations on patients between the ages of 55 and 64, according to a new study by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.More on the Popularity of Weight Loss Surgery

Obesity Rates Continue to Climb in the United States
A new study published by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health claims that by 2015 75% of adults will be overweight and 41% Will Be Obese. This alarming statistic suggests an obesity epidemic may be imminent. A related study recently showed that 65% of adults in San Antonio are obese, which adds to our concern locally to the issue. Weight loss in San Antonio needs to be publically addressed and confronted to ensure our citizens live long and healthy lives. Read more on Obesity Rates

Obesity weighs on finances
Need another reason to lose weight? Recent statistics have shown that the healthcare costs of obesity in Texas is approximately 3.3 billion dollars. This number is expected to increase by the year 2025 to approximately 15.8 billion per year. Althought the challenges of losing weight are daunting, the challenges to meet the inflated healthcare costs in the future will be far more formidable. More on Health Care Costs of Obesity