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Health in the News
What is a Bariatrician?A physician specially educated in weight management who can help you with obesity and related health risks.When you visit the Weight Management Center at Lehigh Valley Hospital, you will meet medical director Theresa Piotrowski, M.D., the only hospital-based bariatrician in the Lehigh Valley. A bariatrician is a doctor who specializes in obesity and health conditions that arise from being overweight.Bariatrics—a relatively new field of medicine—is becoming more well-known as the problems of obesity and its related health risks affect more people every day. Piotrowski and other bariatricians can give you a comprehensive program of diet and nutrition, exercise, lifestyle changes and medications when needed. Lehigh Valley Hospital also has two bariatric surgeons who perform procedures that lead to permanent weight loss. Bariatricians are certified by the American Society of Bariatric Physicians (ASBP). While any licensed physician can offer a medical weight loss program to their patients, members of the ASBP have specialized knowledge, tools and techniques to design medical weight loss programs especially for you. Also, through ASBP, bariatricians keep up with the latest advances in treating obesity. Obesity and being overweight can cause serious health risks, such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, depression, sleep apnea and cancer. A bariatric physician is trained to detect and treat these conditions, which might go undetected in a non-medical weight-loss program. This page last updated 2/12/08 04:08 PM
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