Overcoming blame, barriers, and biases in bariatric surgery

The reality of bariatric surgery

In reality, many patients seen by the bariatric surgeons at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics have been on a lifetime of diets. Some have even lost hundreds of pounds just to gain it back. They have amazing willpower to keep trying and shouldn’t feel ashamed for realizing that diet and exercise alone does not work more than 3 percent of the time.

Bariatric surgery is not the easy way out. It is just the safest and most effective.