ABC News: Study Finds Bariatric Surgery Helps Patients’ Family Members

ABC News reported on a study finding that family members of people who have bariatric surgery also tend to lose weight and adopt healthier habits.

As an outside expert who was not involved in the study, Dr. Nestor de la Cruz-Muñoz, then chief of laparoendoscopic and bariatric surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, explained that pre-surgical counseling teaches patients how obesity drives many of their medical problems, a lesson that carries over to the whole household.