If you're obese and desperately seeking a way to lose weight and get healthy, you are not alone.
-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Today, more than one-third of all Americans are overweight. About 1 in 20 are morbidly obese.*
But the idea that obesity is just a lack of willpower is not only an oversimplification, but also unscientific and wrong. Obesity is a multifaceted disease with many contributing factors, including genetic, environmental, metabolic and eating disorder-related.
Due to its complexity, overcoming obesity can be difficult. According to the National Institutes of Health, most people who lose weight by non-surgical methods regain their weight within five years.
If you're considering a surgical solution to your weight problems, Seton's weight-loss surgery (bariatric) program may be right for you.
Developed under American Society for Bariatric Surgery guidelines, our program offers extensive expertise and support to help each patient achieve his or her individual goals, and live a happier, healthier and, hopefully, longer life.
*National Institutes of Health
Tuesday, November 25 at Seton Northwest Hospital, 6:30 - 8 pm
Find out about weight-loss surgery options, as well as risks, benefits and qualifications for weight-loss surgery. This free informational session will be presented by Southwest Bariatric Surgeons and will be held in Conference Rooms A & B on the 3rd floor of the hospital.
Once in the main lobby, take the elevators to the 3rd floor. When you get off the elevators on the 3rd floor, conference rooms A & B are down the hallway, straight ahead toward ICU, just past the double doors on the left.
Free parking is available in front of the hospital.
Reservations required. Spaces are limited. Please call (512) 324-4456.
December seminar dates:
Tuesday, December 2 - Seton Northwest Hospital
Saturday, December 6 - Seton Medical Center Williamson
Saturday, December 13 - Seton Medical Center Williamson
Thursday, December 18 - Seton Medical Center Austin

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