Description: A General surgeon based out of Tuscaloosa offering minimally invasive surgery, gastric sleeve & more. Contact our bariatric surgical center for more info.
Obesity is a disease that affects over 60% of our population in the United States. Many diseases are caused by or related to obesity such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, joint pain and many more. When obesity reaches a certain level and is accompanied by other medical problems it is termed medically complicated, or morbid obesity. At this point non-surgical attempts at weight loss fail in achieving long term weight loss over 96% of the time.
Surgical weight loss is the ONLY proven therapy to achieve long term weight loss and curing or decreasing the severity of related health problems. If you are interested in information regarding surgical weight loss options, please come inside.
knowing your Body Mass Index or BMI is the first step in understanding if you qualify for weight loss surgery. Use the convenient tool below to calculate your BMI