Posts Tagged ‘ Obesity ’

Three Helpful Tips to Benefit from your Weight Loss Surgery

September 5, 2011
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Three Helpful Tips to Benefit from your Weight Loss Surgery

Weight loss surgery in Texas offers several different methods to help overweight individuals find a healthier lifestyle. Although these procedures can help patients lose up to 90 percent of their excess weight, it’s not entirely up to the doctor to make the surgery’s effects last. After surgery, there are certain guidelines and tips suggested...

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Lap Band Procedure May Soon Be Allowed For Teens

August 27, 2011
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Lap Band Procedure May Soon Be Allowed For Teens

Laparascopic Adjustable Gastric Banding, or Lap-Band surgery, is a minimally invasive procedure in which a silicone gastric band is wrapped around the upper part of the stomach to create a little area that allows a small amount of food. Originally developed in 1993, the procedure has quickly gained popularity amongst teens and their parents...

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