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Are you struggling with weight-related health issues, feeling trapped in a cycle of diets and temporary solutions? If you’ve had trouble losing weight through diet and exercise, bariatric surgery could be the key to reclaiming control over your health.
Our team’s biggest goal is to educate you about the causes of your illness and the biochemical and metabolic changes in your body that can contribute to weight gain and make weight loss difficult. Our weight-loss doctors and surgeons want to ensure that you understand the risks and benefits of medical weight loss and how to prepare for weight-loss surgery.
Located at the Ballad Health General Surgery Clinic in Greeneville, TN, we offer advanced laparoscopic weight-loss surgery options. We provide guidance every step toward a healthier weight by educating our patients on expectations, methods to succeed, including assistance with meal planning and fitness tips.
If you're interested in our weight-loss procedures and learning the benefits of weight-loss surgery, there are a few steps to take before booking an appointment. Our bariatric surgeons want to make sure you’re a good candidate for the procedure so that the benefits will have a lasting positive effect on your life.
Before you start with weight loss and stomach reduction surgery, we want to make sure you’re fully informed about the process. You can either:
Weight loss can improve so many different aspects of your health, some of which you might not expect. Losing just 10% of an obese person’s body weight can help the following:
Beyond 10% weight-loss
Additional weight loss
People who have lost weight generally feel more positive about themselves as their daily life and average life expectancy have improved.
While there are a few different ways to calculate obesity, the most common metric is body mass index (BMI). This number is easily calculated by using your height and weight, and it is used as a guideline because it tends to correlate with the amount of body fat for most people. BMI helps us start evaluating weight-related risks to your health.
Weight classification | BMI (kg/m2) | |
|---|---|---|
Underweight | < 18.5 | |
Normal weight | 18.5 – 24.9 | |
Overweight | 25 – 29.9 | |
Obesity (Class I) | 30 – 34.9 | |
Obesity (Class II) | 35 – 39.9 | |
Severe or morbid obesity | 40 – 49.9 | |
Super morbid obesity | 50 + | |
You may qualify for weight-loss surgery if you have:
Once you’ve determined if weight-loss surgery is right for you, you can reach out to our office to find the best bariatric surgeons and physicians near you to discuss your weight-loss options.
When it comes to the decision on which bariatric procedure is right for you, we will consider your entire medical picture as well as your personal preferences in selecting the option that is safest and most fitting.
Learn more about the types of bariatric surgery so you can talk to us about which one feels right for you and your needs.
Weight-loss surgery isn’t just a quick, one-time fix. It requires lifelong adjustments of diet and activity. Our team is here to help you, but changing habits is hard for anyone. That’s why we have weight-loss surgery support groups to help you with your weight-loss journey.
Bariatric support group meetings are held at Greeneville Community Hospital monthly in classroom A on the 5th floor of the hospital. Unless otherwise noted these begin at 5:00 pm with weigh-in and measurement and the meeting begins at 5:30 pm. These support group meetings are held on an alternate schedule from virtual and in-person meetings.
Topics vary from month to month and we make sure that they touch on what the group needs. Past topics include managing weight-loss surgery side effects, what to expect after gastric sleeve surgery and dealing with weight-loss surgery side effects. Each year recommendations for topics and activities are drawn from the comments of participating members of the bariatric support group.
Date | Meeting type (In-person or Virtual) |
|---|---|
9/17/24 | Virtual meeting |
10/15/2024 | In-person meeting |
11/19/2024 | Virtual meeting |
12/17/2024 | Virtaul meeting |
Date | Meeting type (In-person or Virtual) | Brief description |
|---|---|---|
9/17/24 | Virtual | Hormones and Weight – How are they related and what can be done? |
10/15/24 | In-person | Walking Support Group – Come out and get active with us! We will be walking the trail around the hospital campus. Meet in the main lobby of the hospital at 5:30 pm. |
11/19/24 | Virtual | Surviving the Holidays – How to stay on track around the holidays |
12/17/24 | Virtual | Recipe Swap – Send in your favorite recipes and we will exchange! |
Please call your Consumer Benefits Specialist to determine if bariatric surgery is a covered benefit and ask whether the insurance company has any special requirements. We recommend that you get a copy of your policy. Our staff will also work with you and your insurance company.
Once you’ve completed the required first steps, you’ll likely have quite a few questions about available weight-loss surgery near you. Please call (423) 787‑7100, and we would be happy to answer your questions.
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