Health First NewFit Surgeons Nathan Allison, MD, and Kenneth Tieu, MD, are quick to dispel any suggestion that gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy or lap band procedures are easy fixes for treating obesity.

“Weight-loss surgery is a tool to help people achieve medically significant weight loss who have been given an unfair disadvantage,” says Dr. Allison.

“People say, ‘You know, it just takes diet and exercise.’ That’s true! That’s a part of the process. But my patients can eat as little as they can and still not achieve significant weight loss.

“Imagine you’re someone with a metabolism of 3,000 calories a day, and you eat 3,000 calories a day. You’re not going to have a weight problem – and you won’t understand a person with a 1,000-calories-a-day metabolism gaining weight because they ate 1,500 calories.”

Health First’s NewFit Surgical Weight-loss Program is nationally accredited and comprehensive. Before and after surgery, the NewFit team works to assist patients with the dramatic lifestyle changes that take place. There are nutritional, physiological and psychological evaluations and support.

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