Published on Sep 25, 2018 | Child & Family Health, Erlanger News, Regain Health, Weight Loss
Welcome C-HEAL Adolescent Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery program! We’re proud to introduce the newest member of the Erlanger Metabolic Center: the Childhood Healthy Eating and Active Living Center! The C-HEAL team is made up of Dr. Joani Jack, Pediatrician and...
Published on Sep 25, 2018 by Daniel Cronk, MD | Men's Health, Regain Health, Weight Loss, Women's Health
After bariatric surgery, I will need to have extra skin removed. If I lose weight more slowly, I might be able to prevent this from happening. Questions about skin are one of the most common concerns we hear from patients before surgery. Some are afraid to even...
Published on Sep 25, 2018 by Aimee Dyess, MS, RDN, LD, CDE | Men's Health, Stay Well, Weight Loss, Women's Health
Following bariatric surgery not only are you consuming a decreased amount of food, due to your smaller stomach pouch, but there is also malabsorption of vitamins and minerals. This malabsorption occurs after both the roux-en-Y gastric bypass and the sleeve...
Published on Jul 30, 2018 by Aimee Dyess, MS, RDN, LD, CDE | Men's Health, Stay Well, Weight Loss, Women's Health
We know healthy eating plays an important role in meeting long-term health goals, but with so many other things on our plate it can be easy to put our nutrition goals on the back burner and opt to grab a meal out or run through a drive-thru. Although it takes a little...
Published on Jun 15, 2018 by Ernest S. of Ringgold, GA | Men's Health, Stories of Hope, Weight Loss, Women's Health
In 2003, my wife and I moved from Virginia to Georgia. My weight was already over 300 pounds. I was having a lot of problems with my knees, feet, and back. I had arthritis, high blood pressure, gout, and diabetes. By 2006, I was having so much trouble that I often...
Published on May 4, 2018 | Men's Health, Regain Health, Weight Loss, Women's Health
When you think of bariatric surgery, weight loss probably comes immediately to mind. And while weight loss is one benefit of this type of surgery, it’s not the only one. Each year in the United States, hundreds of thousands of people undergo some type of bariatric...
