What do you need to know about gastric bypass surgery? Well, if you’re considering a gastric bypass procedure, you should know as much about it as possible. The advantages versus disadvantages, the after care, the long-term effects … everything.

Fortunately, About.com has made this research process easier for you by compiling information on gastric bypass weight-loss surgery. That’s why they are the latest addition to our list of helpful bariatric websites. 

An excerpt:

Gastric bypass has helped many morbidly obese individuals successfully lose 100 or more pounds. The procedure is recommended as a weight loss option for medical reasons (rather than cosmetic). Losing such a significant amount of weight improves many of the very serious potential health risks associated with this level of obesity.

What to Know About Gastric Bypass Surgery
http://weightloss.about.com/cs/gastricbypass/l/blgastby1.htm

We have started a new type of blog post / reporting to bring you some informative bariatric websites from all over the Web. Each time we cover a bariatric website here on the blog, we will also add it to the Bariatric Resources section of the site to keep an ongoing list.

Today, we are covering LapbandLifestyle.com. According to the introduction on this bariatric website: “Lapband Lifestyle was created, and is operated by, banded people and those that love and understand them. In other words—we experience it right along with you every day. And we have fun along the way.”

At first, I thought this was just an informational website about bariatric weight-loss surgery, sort of like Bariatric Learning Center. But when I read their mission statement, I noticed the first item talked about was company growth and profitability.

Long story short, this bariatric website is operated on behalf of the American Institute of Gastric Banding (AIGB) and their physicians / surgery centers. So while it is an informative website, it has also been created with the goal of acquiring new patients and new business.

If you visit this bariatic website, be sure to check out their Frequently Asked Questions page. This page alone is an excellent resource for people considering a LAP-BAND type of weight-loss surgery.

Learn more at: www.LapbandLifestyle.com