Featured Post

Toga Procedure for Weight Loss Surgery - Update

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has been experimenting with a new type of weight loss surgery known as the toga procedure. Toga is a non-invasive technique that does not use incisions.

Welcome to the Bariatric Learning Center. Each week, we bring you the latest news from the world of weight loss surgery. New techniques and procedures, product breakthroughs, statistics and studies about bariatric surgery, and more.

If you are considering a bariatric procedure for surgical weight loss, you need to do as much research as you can. This means educating yourself beyond what a particular doctor tells you. That is the primary purpose of this website. We provide a constant stream of information related to bariatric surgery for weight loss, including relevant news, articles, success stories, failure stories and more.

In addition to the news section found here on the home page, you can find a variety of other resources relating to bariatric surgery procedures. Here are some of the places you might want to visit first.

The Article Section
You can find a lot of great information in this section, and it comes from many different authors instead of a single source. This will help you achieve a well-rounded understanding of bariatric surgery and how it works, as well as the many options available to you.

The Bariatric Surgery Quiz
This short quiz is designed to make you think about 11 of the most important considerations relating to weight loss surgery. The types of surgery available, patient criteria, long-term effects, the costs and potential complications and more -- all of these things are covered in our bariatric surgery quiz.