CHEWING miserably on a Cheestrings, Whitney Ainscough looks down at her concave stomach and sighs. The single mum-of-three, ...

Sally G, a 38-year-old white woman from Atlanta, has type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). She stands 64 inches tall and weighs 220 pounds. Her body mass index (BMI) is 38.2 kg/m 2 and her glycated ...

Bariatric procedures in teens appear to be on the rise. How young is too young? Sept. 20, 2010— -- It's an option that may seem extreme for a teenage patient. But ask 15-year-old Kallum ...

A WOMAN has shared her journey after undergoing a dramatic weight loss thanks to a gastric sleeve surgery. Elle weighed 27 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Gastric bypass surgery was linked to an increased risk for nonalcohol substance use disorder compared with no ...

There’s no shame in getting surgical help when it comes to weight loss. Many stars have turned to getting gastric bypass surgery and other procedures to help them lose weight and keep it off in the ...

Weight loss journeys are always incredibly difficult. And for celebrities, they work so hard on losing weight all while standing in the public eye. While changing their lifestyle and diet may work for ...

Pregnancy after weight loss surgery is not only possible, it can make it easier to get pregnant and result in fewer ...

Woman finally conquers her weight thanks to scar-free procedure. June 3, 2009 — -- Since puberty, 34-year-old Liliana Gomez-Guerrero had battled her weight. She literally has lost hundreds of ...

The notion of weight loss to many people who are faced with obesity is not only about looks but also about health, confidence ...

In many studies, bariatric surgery has been highlighted as an almost magical method for weight loss and reversing type 2 diabetes. One question that has remained largely unanswered is how the effect ...

One type of bariatric surgery was linked with a higher risk for substance use disorder (SUD), according to results from the prospective, controlled Swedish Obese Subjects study. Over a median ...