Nearly 1/3 of Americans are obese as reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At the individual level, this puts 1/3 of Americans in Hoffman Estates, Illinois and other U.S. cities at risk for weight-related hypertension, diabetes, joint disease, GERD, and a host of other serious problems.   Bariatric surgery is a type of Hoffman Estates, IL obesity help that may be available to you. Your Hoffman Estates gastric surgeon will consider your Body Mass Index (BMI) and medical history when recommending such weight loss surgery methods as gastric bypass surgery or Lap Band® surgery. Furthermore, when the patient has a higher than 50 BMI, the bariatric surgeon might make the recommendation of a procedure called biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch. However, the most common methods are gastric bypass and gastric banding. Do you want to see if you are a gastric band or bypass candidate in Hoffman Estates? Contact your local gastric surgeon today!

A suburb of Chicago, Hoffman Estates is situated in Cook County. The many Chicago medical resources include Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, the University of Chicago Hospital, Saint Joseph Hospital, Cook County Hospital, and Mount Sinai Hospital, among others.

There are many things to see and do in this area prior to your scheduled Hoffman Estates Lap Band® or bypass surgery. For example, you could go shopping on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile or learn about marine life at the Shedd Aquarium. Other popular destinations and attractions include Navy Pier, Millennium Park, and Chicago Botanic Gardens.