The Importance of Weight Loss Support Groups
Weight loss surgery can bring a lot of healthy changes into your life. As you adjust your lifestyle to fit your post-bariatric guidelines, the way you think about food, how you eat and your activity...
Am I A Candidate for RNY Surgery?
When traditional weight loss techniques have run their course and the weight still isn’t coming off, weight loss surgery, or bariatric surgery, can be an effective long-term solution for weight loss. It can even help...
Tips for Sticking to Your Weight Loss Goals
As the new year begins, many of us think about making changes to our lives to be healthier, which often includes weight loss goals. Have you been more active? Are you eating better and moving...
When to Consider Bariatric Revision Surgery
Bariatric surgery is a tool that can help people lose weight and improve their quality of life, but it is not a magic cure for obesity, which is a chronic disease and not easily treated....
Why Breakfast is the Most Important Meal of the Day
We’ve all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but have you ever wondered why? Breakfast provides energy for your body to start your day. Skipping breakfast can lead to weight...
What Bariatric Patients Can Expect From Nutritional Counseling
Bariatric dieticians work primarily in tandem with bariatric programs that offer weight loss surgery to patients with morbid obesity. Since a significant component of weight loss surgery is a change in diet and lifestyle before...
Holiday Portion Control After Weight Loss Surgery
When many people think of the winter holidays, they imagine large feasts with family and friends, hearty meals and bountiful desserts. For someone who has had weight loss surgery, this festive time of year can...
GERD vs Acid Reflux
Although the terms heartburn, GERD and acid reflux are often used interchangeably, they are actually very different conditions. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a chronic, more severe form of acid reflux disease, whereas acid reflux...
Reducing the Risk of Gallstones
Gallstones, although generally harmless, can be painful or can cause dangerous complications if left untreated. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) found that 10-15% of Americans are affected by gallstones....
8 Dangers of Yo-Yo Dieting
Most health experts agree that losing weight can give you many health benefits, but how you lose weight has been a topic that has caused some controversy. While weight loss diets are unsustainable, they often...
8 Tips to Prevent Childhood Obesity
September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. Although childhood obesity has continued to rise over the past two decades, there are ways to promote healthy growth in children and to take preventative steps for your...