Apr 23, 2019 | Weight Loss Surgery
Gastric bypass is one of the most popular forms of weight loss surgery. In this procedure, your surgeon makes changes to your stomach and small intestine, affecting the way they absorb and digest food. Gastric bypass leads to weight loss as it: restricts the amount of...
Feb 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Bariatric surgery is just a tool for achieving weight loss. To sustain it, it is important that you follow the dietary guidelines designed carefully by your healthcare providers. This dietary plan aims to provide you with well-balanced meals even if your caloric...
Jan 28, 2016 | Bariatrics, Obesity, Success, Weight Loss Surgery
It takes a lot of energy to be the parent of teenagers, and that energy is harder to come by if you’re morbidly obese. When Daniel and Stacey Rorie began having trouble keeping up with their kids, they decided it was time to do something about it. Daniel and Stacey...
Dec 2, 2015 | Bariatrics, Obesity, Weight Loss Surgery
Bariatric surgeons Mark Colquitt, MD, and Jonathan Ray, MD, of Foothills Weight Loss Specialists in Knoxville, have been practicing in East Tennessee for more than a dozen years. After helping more than 2,200 patients lose close to 200,000 pounds since their practice...
Sep 23, 2015 | Bariatrics, Success, Uncategorized, Weight Loss Surgery
She never liked having pictures made, but after losing 279 pounds via gastric bypass, Robin Ayala of Cleveland, Tenn., might want to reconsider that one photo she loathes most: the one on her driver’s license. “I’ve had to show people my driver’s license and they...
