Obesity and Mental Health: The Psychological Effects of Obesity
Recent studies both in the U.S. and other countries show an alarming link between obesity and depression. Obesity and mental health effects, specifically depression, are associated with many health risks, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer...
Advanced Laparoscopic Associates Surgeons Named Jersey Choice Top Doctors
Advanced Laparoscopic Associates congratulates our own Dr. Amit Trivedi and Dr. Sebastian Eid for their inclusion in New Jersey Monthly’s Jersey Choice Top Doctors award for 2019. Dr. Trivedi has published numerous scholarly articles and textbook...
Drink More Water for Your Health and Weight
If you think you’re doing your body a favor by drinking a diet soda rather than its sugar-loaded version, think again. It turns out artificially sweetened soft drinks may be just as lethal as the sugar-sweetened...
Bariatric Surgery Cuts Heart Risk in People with Diabetes
You have a lot on your mind when you have diabetes. How’s my blood sugar? Will this banana spike it too much? Is that ulcer on my foot serious? How’s my heart health? That last is...
Weight Loss Surgery for Teenagers And Adolescents
It is no secret that obesity is an epidemic in the United States. More than 93 million Americans—that’s nearly 40 percent—were overweight or obese in 2015 and 2016, according to the Centers for Disease Control...
Can Exercise Cut the Risk of Dementia?
Humans were made to move. Exercise is so good for the body that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends everyone get 150 minutes per week of moderate exercise. Regular exercise reduces the...
The Gastric Sleeve Diet: How to Eat Before and After Your Gastric Sleeve Surgery
Bariatric surgery is the most proven way to lose weight and keep it off long-term, but it’s only the beginning. A surgery like the gastric sleeve—the most popular weight-loss surgery in the United States—requires a...
Dr. Schmidt Shares Expertise at GERD Symposium
Advanced Laparoscopic Associates congratulates our own Dr. Hans Schmidt for a job well done. Dr. Schmidt was an invited lecturer at the 2019 GERD Symposium, which took place on June 9 at Hackensack University Medical...
Body Shape: Why it Matters
A July 2019 study has put a spin on the finding that body shape matters—despite one’s overall body size. We know that a pear-shaped body is better than an apple-shaped body in terms of health...
ALA Surgeons Help Future Doctors Learn
At Advanced Laparoscopic Associates, we take our responsibilities for training the next generation of doctors seriously. Many of our clinicians hold prestigious teaching posts at area medical schools to ensure future colleagues are well-trained professionals....
ALA Announces New Location in Wayne
Advanced Laparoscopic Associates (ALA) is proud to announce that we are opening a new location in Wayne, NJ. We will begin seeing patients at the Wayne location in August 2019. With offices in Paramus, Jersey City,...