Over 140,000 times a year Americans elect surgical treatment of morbid obesity. The variety in the terminology of surgical weight loss can be confusing, especially the variety of uses of the term "bariatric."

The word bariatric comes from a Greek word meaning heavy. Anything bariatric has to do with being heavy. In modern medical terminology, bariatrics refers to the treatment of persons who are at least 100 pounds overweight.

The miracle of bariatric surgery is that weight loss of 100 or more pounds in a year or less is often possible. Click here for more information on the exciting possibilities of weight loss medicine's cutting edge.