Bariatrics

Healthy Living Center

Obesity is a life-threatening disease that affects millions of Americans. About 31.4% of adults in the United States are obese. It has been associated with about 112,000 deaths each year in the United States relative to healthy-weight individuals and is a major risk factor for other serious medical conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease.

The Healthy Living Center at Doctors Hospital in Augusta, GA specializes in bariatrics and the laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding system. The gastric banding system is a tool used to help you achieve sustained weight loss by limiting how much you can eat, reducing your appetite, and slowing digestion. The gastric band is recommended for bariatrics patients who are at least 100lbs over weight, body mass index of 35 with co-morbidities or 40 or greater. This procedure can help to reduce co-morbidities such as hypertension and diabetes.

Are you interested in becoming a bariatrics patient of the Healthy Living Center? Get more information. 

Free Bariatric Educational Seminars are held monthly at the h2u Building on Doctors Hospital campus. See Bariatric Educational Seminar Schedule for more information. 

Bariatric Support Groups are held on the 1st Tuesday of every month from 6pm to 7pm in the Medical Office Building 2, Suite 110.

If you would like to receive more information on bariatrics, please call 706-651-LIVE.