Will My Insurance Cover Weight Loss Surgery?

Insurance often covers bariatric surgery. While most of the major insurance carriers offer coverage for bariatric surgery, not all policies include coverage. If you are reading this text, its because you might be considering or have considered weight loss surgery, also called bariatric surgery. The price of your weight loss surgery will depend on several factors: […]

Study: In U.S., Lockdowns Added 2 Pounds per Month

Americans gained nearly 2 pounds per month under COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders in 2020, according to a new study published Monday in JAMA Network Open. Those who kept the same lockdown habits could have gained 20 pounds during the past year, the study authors said. “We know that weight gain is a public health problem in the U.S. already, so anything […]

How to Curb Emotional Eating During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Is stress about the coronavirus affecting your eating? As the world attempts to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic, most of us are feeling increasingly stressed. As recently described by the World Health Organization (WHO, 2020), fear, anxiety, and uncertainty about the disease itself is co-occurring with requirements for social distancing and increasingly difficult economic realities with an unknown […]