After Bariatric Surgery – an analogy
Analogy - a comparison between one thing and another, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification. Bariatric surgery is often viewed by the world as a ‘quick’, ‘easy’, ‘lazy’ way to lose weight. It is viewed as a ‘one off’ operation that will fix a...
Bariatric Centre of Excellence in Sydney – Upper GI Surgery
In April Upper GI Surgery was awarded the Bariatric Centre of Excellence accreditation by the Surgical Review Corporation (SRC).This is a renewal of our original accreditation that we achieved in 2015. Our lead surgeon A/Prof Michael Talbot and another of our surgeons...
Introducing Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty
Bariatric surgery has become increasingly popular over the last few decades as a result of the rise in obesity around the world. Surgery such as gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy and gastric banding are the most popular types of bariatric surgery due to the impact...
Benefits of Weight Loss Before Bariatric Surgery
Most people that visit our surgery to learn more about bariatric surgery options have already at some point in their lives tried to lose weight on their own, whether this be through a diet, exercise program or meal replacements. Unfortunately after reaching an...
NSW Government’s response to rise in childhood obesity
As a nation our waistlines are increasing year on year and unfortunately this is not just isolated to adults - the weight of children is also increasing year on year. It was reported in 2014/2015 that one in four children in Australia are now overweight or obese...
Is the health system failing obese Australians?
As a clinic in Sydney that offers weight loss surgery options for our patients, we are only too aware of the current obesity epidemic that Australia is facing. In 2014-2015 a staggering 64% of Australian adults were overweight or obese. That’s more than half of the...