Mississippi (MS) Bariatric Medicine Doctors and Physicians
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Bariatric Medicine Information
Description
Bariatric medicine deals with the causes, prevention and treatment of obesity. A bariatric medicine physician, or bariatrician, may treat patients with diet and nutrition, exercise, behavior modification or medication. The bariatrician may also coordinate patient care with a bariatric surgeon, who may perform surgery. Bariatric or gastric bypass surgery, also known as roux-en-Y gastric bypass, creates a small pouch of the stomach that bypasses part of the intestine. When the size of the stomach is reduced by surgery, it allows less food to be ingested, resulting in weight loss.
Obesity is damaging to one’s health: some of the negative effects of obesity are heart disease, diabetes, some forms of cancer, hypertension, asthma, obstructive sleep apnea, arthritis; and obesity has been known to shorten one’s lifespan.
Mississippi Information
Mississippi’s population is 2,921,088, and its capital is Jackson. Mississippi is known as the birthplace of blues music, and there are many museums and historical sites dedicated to the legends who created this original American art form. In Crystal Springs, see the Robert Johnson Heritage & Blues Museum in Crystal Springs, the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, or the original home sites of Muddy Waters, W.C Handy, or Mississippi John Hurt.
Edwards is home to the world’s only cactus plantation. Take a Biloxi Shrimp Tour on the Mississippi river, tour the Historic Victorian District in Brookhaven, or see the Mississippi Petrified Forest in Flora. In Jackson, popular sites include the planetarium, the Beaux Arts style architecture of the State Capitol Building, or the Jackson Zoological Park.
According to 2005 Census estimates, Mississippi has a population of 2,921,088.
Of this population, 741,068 are under the age of 18
and 356,908 are at or above the age of 65.
There are no bariatric doctors in the state of Mississippi.
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