Bariatrics Emory
Emory’s Bariatric Program was developed in 2000 as a multi-disciplinary weight-management program. The Emory Bariatric Center tailors each patient’s treatment using a continuum of methods that responds to the increased risks that accompany increasing levels of obesity.

The Emory Bariatric Center provides the best medical options available currently as well as the safest and most effective bariatric surgery techniques for treating obesity. Center physicians are actively engaged in the education of future healthcare providers and the continuing education of professional healthcare providers.

Center team members are also engaged in ongoing research both within the program as well as collaboratively across Emory departments and with such organizations as the Centers for Disease Control and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

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The methods most commonly used in Emory’s bariatric programs include but are not limited to, nutrition and exercise therapy, lifestyle education, pharmacotherapy, liquid meal replacement and bariatric surgery.

Eventhough Bariatric surgery is an excellent option for many, there are bariatric surgery risks involved in all procedures. The Emory Baritric Center’s team of Physicians warns that ten to 20 percent of patients who have weight-loss operations require follow-up procedures to correct complications, with abdominal hernias being the most common.

In addition, following weight loss surgery, more than one-third of patients develop gallstones due to rapid or substantial weight loss. Almost 30 percent of patients who have weight-loss surgery develop nutritional deficiencies such as anemia, osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease, though these conditions can be avoided with vitamin and mineral supplements.

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Also, since rapid weight loss and nutritional deficiencies can harm a developing fetus, female patients of childbearing age should avoid pregnancy until their weight stabilizes. Most of these conditions are not serious but need to be paid attention to so that proper recovery can ensue.