Weight Loss

At Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital, a team of specialists are available to help patients struggling with weight loss and obesity. The following bariatric surgery options are minimally-invasive and performed locally for your convenience. After surgery, many people find their other weight-related problems improve. This includes sleep apnea, high blood pressure, joint and back problems, cholesterol and diabetes.

Sleeve Gastrectomy (Gastric Sleeve)

Sleeve Gastrectomy is the most commonly performed weight loss procedure today. This surgery transforms the normal football-sized stomach into the size and shape of a banana. The surgery helps maintain weight loss by resetting the body’s metabolism and lowering the fat storage set point.

Learn how gastric sleeve has helped one Sullivan woman lose 10 points from her original BMI.

Support Group

Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital offers multiple resources before, during and after your weight loss journey. In addition to nutrition counseling, the dietetics department offers a virtual support group to help navigate weight loss and making healthy choices.

Tool for Treating Diabetes

The gastric sleeve procedure offers numerous benefits for obese patients searching for a long-term, effective weight-loss solution. Historically, obesity has been the primary driver for this surgery. However, there is another critical benefit, particularly for type 2 diabetes patients.

According to a June 2016 study published in Diabetes Care, there is sufficient evidence to support metabolic surgery, such as the gastric sleeve procedure, among anti-diabetes interventions for people with type 2 diabetes and obesity.

Earlier this year, the American Diabetes Association began recommending the gastric sleeve procedure as a tool in the treatment for type 2 diabetes, given its ability to reverse the disease altogether.

For more information about gastric sleeve, please call 573-860-6000, ext. 1465 or 800-231-3413, ext. 1465.

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