Helpful Links ...
Thank you for visiting our site! Here are a few of the links that we recommend to help you as you look for information about obesity, weight loss surgery, and followup care. Other links are scattered throughout our website as well. Thanks again for your time!
ObesityHelp
Information, education, support, and journal/blog capabilities.
Weight Loss Surgery, sponsored by Ethicon
Education and information about different types of weight loss surgery.
Minnesota Obesity Support Group
This group was formed to provide support to people from Minnesota who have had, or are interested in, weight loss surgery.
Weight Loss Information from Allina
Patient education site of Allina, the parent organization of Abbott Northwestern Hospital -- offers general dietary and weight loss tips.
Entry to Patient Portal
Patient entry to our secure database for weight loss surgery. Enter here (with password assigned by our office) to submit information to us, log your exercise and food intake, and get feedback. You can check when your next visit is due, send us messages, and graph your weight loss and health progress.
American Society of Bariatric Surgery
The national professional society dedicated to the medicine and surgery of obesity.
Surgical Review Corporation
The national body providing investigation, examination, oversight, certification, and data analysis of bariatric practices.
Obesity Law
The Obesity Law & Advocacy Center is a full-service private law firm devoted to representing morbidly obese persons in a variety of legal matters.
Laboratory (Blood) Tests
This site provides information about what your blood tests can mean, and help in understanding how they are used to monitor your health or disease. Remember, this site is not a substitute for your doctor's advice, as the site does not take into account your particular medical situation.
FitDay
A site that can allow you to track your exercise, food choices, and balance of calories "in" and "out". This can be very educational about your energy balance. Our Patient Portal will ultimately allow this same type of analysis.
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