/PRNewswire/ New York Bariatric Group proudly announces that 17 of its distinguished physicians have been honored as Top Doctors by Castle Connolly, a.
(Courtesy of SMGH) Bariatric surgery is surgery to modify your stomach and/or intestines to induce weight loss and change your body’s metabolism. Bariatric surgery has been around since the 1950s and is the most effective method for long-term weight loss.
Medical problems and quality of life significantly improve with weight loss. “One of the major benefits of weight-loss surgery is that after surgery many patients are able to either stop taking or decrease their daily medications,” said Dr. Cynthia Weber. Studies have shown that bariatric surgery patients will live an average of seven to eight years longer after successful weight loss.