Dear Bariatric Times fans:
I’d like to start this editorial by briefly mentioning two articles on obesity and its treatment. The first article by Poirier et al[1] details the scientific statement from the American Heart Association on bariatric surgery and cardiovascular risk, which states that people with severe obesity benefit from weight loss surgery. The statement says that gastric bypass and gastric banding may lead to weight loss and improvements in diabetes, cholesterol, and blood pressure, and those benefits may outweigh the hazards. Poirier et al conclude that since efforts with diet, exercise, and drugs have been “disappointing,” doctors need to look at surgical options to control obesity and get the associated disease processes into remission. Eckel, a professor of medicine at the University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, supports that surgery is the “treatment of choice” for people with a body mass index (BMI) of 40kg/m2 or more. Read the rest of this article »

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by Siggi Ming, MS, ARNP, NP-C, and Russell S. Gornichec, MD, FACS

Ms. Ming and Dr. Gornichec are both from the Weight Loss Center of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

financial disclosure: Ms. Ming and Dr. Gornichec report no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. Read the rest of this article »

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by Richard J. Joseph, BS; George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD; and Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS, FACS

Mr. Joseph and Dr. Blackburn are from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Center for the Study of Nutrition Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Jones is from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Boston, Massachusetts. Read the rest of this article »

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Dedicated to providing a venue for interactive exchange of ideas,
interesting topics, and surgical pearls from experts in repair of
abdominal wall defects as they relate to bariatric surgery Read the rest of this article »

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This is a CE-accredited article. Instructions and post-test are available HERE.

by Shirley A. Thomas, RN, MPA, and Mary Lee-Fong, RN-C, MSN

Ms. Thomas is the nurse manager of the Vascular and GI Surgery and Telemetry Unit and Bariatric Consultant at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California. She serves on the National Association of Bariatrics Nurses Board. Ms. Lee-Fong is the assistant manager of the Vascular and GI Surgery and Telemetry Unit.

Funding: This CE-accredited article was supported by an educational grant from KCI.

Financial disclosure: Ms. Thomas and Ms. Lee-Fong report no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article.

Bariatric Times. 2010;8(4):20–25 Read the rest of this article »

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by Kelvin Higa, MD, FACS

Dr. Higa is President of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Foundation; Clinical Professor in Surgery, University of California San Francisco, Fresno; and Director, Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Fresno, California. Read the rest of this article »

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This ongoing column is dedicated to providing evidence-based bites of information for the clinician on nutritional considerations in the bariatric patient.

This Month’s Contributor:

Liz Goldenberg, MPH, RD, CDN
Ms. Goldenberg is a nutritionist at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell College of Medicine of Cornell University, Department of Surgery, New York, New York.

Bariatric Times. 2011;8(4):28–29 Read the rest of this article »

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by Robin L. Blackstone, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Robin L. Blackstone, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Dr. Blackstone is President-Elect of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and Medical Director, Scottsdale Healthcare Bariatric Center, Scottsdale, Arizona. Read the rest of this article »

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