In Fort Worth, Texas and throughout the nation, obesity continues to increase in prevalence and severity. As health care professionals are becoming more aware of the numerous medical consequences of obesity, an increasing number of primary care and other physicians are recommending bariatric surgery (in other words, weight loss surgery) to their patients who need obesity help. Gastric bypass surgery and Lap Band® surgery are the two most frequently performed weight loss surgery procedures in Fort Worth, TX and other cities in the United States. Please note that two other procedures – vertical banded gastroplasty and biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch – may be an option for you, but only an evaluation by a bariatric surgeon can determine if gastric banding or gastric bypass surgery is your best option.

Plaza Medical Center is one of the many excellent medical facilities in which you may have a weight loss surgery like a gastric band. Other hospitals in the area include Baylor Surgical Hospital, North Hills Hospital, and Medical Centre Surgical Hospital, among various others.

When traveling to northern Texas to Fort Worth, you may also want to spend some time in Dallas as well, which is within driving distance. In terms of Fort Worth activities, the city has a botanical garden, a modern art museum, and a zoo. While in the Fort Worth area, you should definitely try some Texas-style barbeque. Other highlights of your trip might be the Grapevine Vintage Railroad, the Fossil Rim Conservation and Learning Center, or Fort Worth Stockyards.