Bariatric surgery is weight loss surgery. University of Utah Health offers two types of weight loss surgery: gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy. These surgeries may help improve your health and ...

Q. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who’s running for president, had obesity surgery. What exactly did he have done and does it work? A. Gov. Christie had Adjustable Gastric Band surgery ...

Both Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy reduced health care expenditures after surgery for adults with type 2 ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Schwartz, MD Recovery from your gastric bypass surgery takes about three to six weeks. That ...

Bariatric surgery is a type of surgery that helps severely overweight people permanently lose weight. There are several types of bariatric surgery, but all of these surgeries help reduce your appetite ...

Bariatric surgery can lead to dramatic weight loss. How much you lose depends on a couple of things-- your commitment to diet and exercise before and after surgery and the type of operation you get.