Hennepin Bariatric Center Distinctions:

• Named a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by the American
  Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)

• Meets the criteria established by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield
  Association for participation in the Blue Centers for Bariatric Surgery
• Member of the HealthPartners Bariatric Surgical Network

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OBESITY: A NATIONAL CONCERN . . .

Obese people no longer need to feel they are the minority. Today, more than 60 percent of Americans are overweight. While moderate weight gain poses no problem for many people, those with severe obesity risk premature death or significant disability due to weight-related complications such as diabetes, elevated cholesterol, sleep disorders, certain kinds of cancer, breathing problems, and strain on the back, legs and feet. Generally speaking, a severely obese person is someone 100 pounds or more overweight or more than twice his or her ideal body weight, as measured on standard height-and-weight tables.

There is a hope for those unable to reduce their weight through drugs or dieting. It is bariatric or obesity surgery, the one method proven clinically effective. Patients who have weight loss operations generally lose two-thirds of their excess weight within two years, and with proper follow-up most maintain substantially lower weight permanently.

The Hennepin Bariatric Center — We'll help you achieve your weight loss goals!

Here at Hennepin County Medical Center in downtown Minneapolis, we have established a world-class team of health care providers to help you achieve your weight loss goals. Many centers boast a comprehensive weight loss program, but few actually deliver all of the following under one roof:

•   Expert full-time obesity surgeons
•   A full-time dedicated obesity internal medicine doctor
•   A core team of dedicated obesity nutritionists
•   Top-notch obesity psychologists
•   Three full-time obesity program nurses
•   Exercise physiologists
•   Full office staff
•   An institution with the equipment, skills, and dedication to provide world-class, dignified   care to the obese patient.

Our Hennepin Bariatric Center is tailored to fit your needs. Our goal is to provide you with the most modern, safest, and most efficient solutions possible to address your obesity problem. We are proud of our thorough, comprehensive evaluation as well as our very short waiting lists (in most cases, as short as a few weeks after initial consultation).

Additionally, our aftercare program is available for you to take advantage of to aid and support you as you go through the dramatic changes that obesity surgery brings to your body and mind. When you choose our program, you have available to you the full range of services offered by Hennepin County Medical Center, which has been named one of America's Best Hospitals for seven years running by U.S. News & World Report.

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