Talk:Bariatrics

Section "Bariatrics Patients" reads as argumentative
The section labeled Bariatrics Patients reads like a sales pitch for bariatric treatment. Clearer labeling would be "Arguments for Bariatric Treatment," but it is arguably outside the proper scope of a Wikipedia article to present arguments for or against the subject of the article.

Anti-Americanism
The Respect makes you fatter comment appears to be vitriol towards obese persons and Americans (unclear whether a distinction is being made or if the traits are being treated as synonymous). Not a comment on the article as much as a comment on the preconceptions of the commenter, and therefore not constructive.

Respect makes you fatter
Fat Americans do not uderstand ancient Greek. We help them live by using english subtle jargon. Bariatrics (also know as fat-ass medicine) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.84.206.119 (talk) 06:46, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Ssjkriccolo's comment
has anyone tried using bariatric ways to loose weight

I know there has been recent reports of problems with it: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051018.wsurg1018/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/ Ssjkriccolo 18:25, 5 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Sure, like any surgical procedure biariatric procedures have their share of side-effects. It is therefore not recommended for people with only mild obesity. See it as a trade-off. JFW | T@lk  20:17, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

Merge?
As it's currently written, this article is mostly about obesity surgery specifically, rather than the discipline of bariatrics in general. As such, I propose merging the two articles, at least until an article about the medical field of bariatrics in general can be written. Angr/ talk 07:42, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Sounds good to me. FreplySpang (talk) 05:47, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Concur Since the subject of bariatrics involves more than surgery, though, I suggest making the surgery article a subsection of this one, at least for now. --Joe Sewell 16:16, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Classification
Is there any other treatment in Bariatrics besides the surgery?


 * Formally, medical treatments (with orlistat, sibutramine etc) would also fall under bariatrics, but in practice it refers exclusively to surgical approaches. JFW | T@lk  17:22, 23 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Maybe the bariatrics article needs to be shrunken to a more general discussion of obesity medicine, but surely I think the current content resorts under bariatric surgery.--Steven Fruitsmaak 18:53, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Comment on merger
I merged the articles. Because I got fed up at the end, you will notice the part about the operations is schematic, has no citations, and does not say more than the basics, copying parts from the respective individual articles here and there. Feel free to ameliorate.--Steven Fruitsmaak 19:20, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Proposal to merge from Medical weight loss
It has been proposed at Articles for deletion/Medical weight loss that some content be merged to this article. Wronkiew (talk) 07:53, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

non-surgical bariatric medicine
This article only treats topic of bariatric surgery while dismissing the reality of non-surgical batriatric medicine in its own right. In practice, surgeons will often refer prospective patients to lose excess weight prior to surgery. The American Society of Bariatric Physicians (asbp.org) is a leading source of information on the field and practice of non-surgical bariatric medicine. 184.75.100.48 (talk) 20:49, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

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Proposed merge of Obesity medicine with Bariatrics
The stated (and cited) definition of bariatrics is "the branch of medicine that deals with the causes, prevention, and treatment of obesity". This would seem to be identical to the scope of obesity medicine. (t &#183; c)  buidhe  20:36, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I think obesity medicine is strictly non-surgical, where bariatric physicians are surgeons?--Esprit15d • talk • contribs 22:12, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * If that's true, then both articles are wrong. I'm inclined to merge them, though I only spent a couple of minutes searching (and mostly not finding) sources to guide this decision.  WhatamIdoing (talk) 04:26, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * We could restructure, with Bariatrics as an over-arching article, linking to both the medical (Obesity medicine) and surgical (Bariatric surgery) articles. Klbrain (talk) 19:45, 22 June 2024 (UTC)