bariatric

British

/ ˌbærɪˈætrɪk /

adjective

of or relating to the treatment of obesity

bariatric surgery

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Other Word Forms

bariatrics plural noun

Etymology

Origin of bariatric

C20: from _baro + _iatric

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This includes bariatric surgery, which has been around since the 1950s, or newer minimally invasive procedures like the endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty.

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“You’re 35 years old. You started a GLP-1. You lose 35 pounds and do really well with it. When do you come off of it? Or ever?” asked Joe Northup, director of metabolic and bariatric surgery at the Vanderbilt Health hospital system in Nashville, Tenn. “Is this a lifelong treatment?”

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There are several types of bariatric surgery, including the gastric sleeve and gastric bypass, and it produces the most significant amount of weight loss of any medical intervention.

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Less than 1% of people who qualify for bariatric surgery get it, with the number of Americans having weight-loss surgery falling sharply in recent years, first driven by the slowdown in elective procedures during the pandemic and then by the arrival of Wegovy in 2021.

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Some hospitals even shut down their bariatric centers.

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