St. Mary Bariatrics

At St. Mary Medical Center, we recognize that morbid obesity is a chronic disease that affects all aspects of your life. Deciding to have bariatric surgery will dramatically alter your life: the resulting weight loss will make you feel better, look better and be healthier. The St. Mary Bariatric Surgery Program is designed to provide the resources and education you need both before and after surgery to help you succeed in losing weight and keeping it off permanently.

Being overweight or obese has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. The health risks are especially serious for people who are more than 100 pounds over their ideal weight. Bariatric surgery helps people gradually lose weight by restricting the amount of food that can be eaten and decreasing the number of calories consumed each day. In addition to substantial weight loss, bariatric surgery helps reduce or eliminate many obesity-related health problems and metabolic disorders—from diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease to sleep apnea, joint pain, and more.

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