Obesity has become an epidemic in the United States that continues to increase at alarming rates every year. Obesity is a life threatening disease and can potentially compromise the life of a person. Bariatric surgery, also known as weight-loss surgery is currently the most common and primary treatment for severely obese patients, resulting in permanent weight-loss and improvement of serious medical conditions associated with obesity. This treatment, although very effective, causes nutritional complications and thus requires adequate nutrition and multivitamin supplementation. Bariatric Surgery Bariatric surgery has been found to be the most effective method to treat morbidly obese patients, and reduce the adverse effects of related medical problems, such as heart disease, diabetes, high Read more [...]