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With more than 20 years' experience as a bariatric surgeon, Dr. David Provost has helped thousands of patients begin a new and healthier life after weight loss surgery. Dr. Provost was previously the Medical...

Obesity Keeping Potential Recruits out of the Army Ten… hut! Listen up, people! The U.S. Army is facing a new enemy – a foe that’s keeping three out of ten potential soldiers out of uniform and...

New Device for Non-Surgical Weight Loss Treatment Imagine a weight loss treatment that requires no surgery… then imagine that it’s available on an outpatient basis. Fantasy, right? Maybe not -- if...

DNA Forecasts Future Obesity Researchers from Imperial College London, the French National Research Institute CNRS, and other medical institutions compiled the results of a decade-long European...

Couple Denied Adoption Due to Father's Weight In the U.K., a local council recently refused to allow one couple to adopt because the husband’s body mass index was more than 42 – categorizing him...

The Purpose of Pain. Have you ever asked yourself why weight loss surgery is so hard? This journey brings a constant slew of challenges, but show host Craig Thompson assures us that there is a purpose to our pain. Only by experiencing the pain of shame, embarrassment and aching joints can we fully appreciate the freedom we have by losing the weight and learning to achieve emotional balance in our lives.

With more than 13 years of practice as an laparoscopic surgeon to his credit, Dr. Adam Smith is experienced, having performed more than 2,000 procedures. Dr. Smith is Associate Clinical Professor in...

Yvonne McCarthy, known by many as "Bariatric Girl", is a public speaker, co-founder of RYD Obesity, and an active member of the WLS community. She joins the Weight Loss Surgery Channel as host of the talkshow...