Focusing on You: UHealth’s Bariatric Program Offers Better Outcomes and a Brighter Future

In this UHealth Focusing on You segment, Dr. Nestor de la Cruz-Muñoz, then director of bariatric surgery at the University of Miami Health System, explained that sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass work by changing hormones and metabolism, not just stomach size.

He discussed how severe obesity shortens life expectancy, the reduction in heart disease, sleep apnea and diabetes after surgery, and the American Academy of Pediatrics’ recognition that watchful waiting does not serve children with severe obesity.