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Bariatric medicine is a medical specialty uniquely equipped to treat overweight patients, obesity, and associated conditions. A bariatrician is a licensed physician--either a Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO)--who, as a member of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians (ASBP), has received special training in this type of medicine. Bariatricians address the obese patient with a comprehensive program of diet and nutrition, exercise, lifestyle changes, and, when indicated, the prescription of appetite suppressants and other appropriate medications. A physician-supervised medical weight loss program is considered by ... MORE

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