The American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery encourages people to check out the ASMBS Patient Learning Center, where you will find descriptions of surgeries commonly performed, misconceptions about surgery and weight loss, and information on how the surgery can improve your overall health.
More Weight Loss Information is Available on the Sites Below:
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC): Obesity and Overweight Topics
- National Institutes of Health (NIH): Obesity
- American Heart Association (AHA): Obesity Information
- American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE): Bariatric Surgery information
- The Endocrine Society (TES): Bariatric Surgery information
- The Obesity Society (TOS)
- American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
- World Health Organization (WHO): Obesity Health Topics