Recipe for Success: Education and Follow-up
At the Bariatric Institute of Greater Chicago, we've always believed that patient education and post-surgery follow-up are important components of successful, long-term weight loss with gastric banding [...]
Weight Loss Myths from a New Report
At the Bariatric Institute of Greater Chicago, our patients often come to us seeking gastric band surgery (commonly known as a Lap-Band), after trying a multitude of [...]
Lap Band Shows Beneficial Metabolic Effects
A new study found that weight loss from bariatric surgery, not the type of surgical procedure used, is responsible for improvement of metabolic responses in obese, insulin [...]
Troubling News on Obesity Trends
A troubling report from the Trust for America's Health predicts that if Americans continue with their current eating habits and sedentary lifestyles, more than half the population [...]