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adjective bar·iat·ric \ ˌber-ē-ˈa-trik , ˌba-rē- \

Definition of bariatric

:relating to or specializing in the treatment of obesity

Recent Examples of bariatric from the Web

The facility is handicap-accessible, and all furniture in the exam and waiting areas is bariatric-rated.

— erin edgemon, AL.com, "UAB Hospital opens new outpatient clinics following $10.8 million Whitaker renovation," 24 Aug. 2017
Help from bariatric surgery Dr. Bob Korn, medical director of bariatrics at St. Luke’s Boise Medical Center, said gastric bypass surgery has been found to cure Type 2 diabetes for at least a decade — the length of time cases have been tracked.

— tetona dunlap, idahostatesman, "One Idahoan with Type 2 diabetes turns to exercise, another to chicken-fried steak," 19 Aug. 2017
They are generally considered a less-invasive and less-costly alternative to bariatric surgery for patients who are less obese or cannot tolerate permanent surgical alteration of their gastrointestinal tract.

— melissa healy, The Seattle Times, "Deaths after gastric-balloon procedure for obesity investigated by FDA," 10 Aug. 2017
Put it this way: The Amazon algorithm recently recommended to me, based on my previous searches, a book-and-CD combination, ‘‘Hypnotic Gastric Band: The New Surgery-Free Weight-Loss System,’’ which offered a hypnotic equivalent to bariatric surgery.

— taffy brodesser-akner, New York Times, "Losing It in the Anti-Dieting Age," 2 Aug. 2017
Bariatric surgery is invasive, risky, and expensive.

— sy mukherjee, Fortune, "This Company Raised $27 Million for a Weight Loss Balloon You Can Swallow in a Pill," 11 July 2017
Another option is bariatric surgery, most commonly gastric bypass, and it has been performed in morbidly obese pediatric patients since the 1980s.

— amanda c. fifi, m.d., miamiherald, "Your child is obese — now what can you do about it?," 10 July 2017
ARMMS-T2D is a follow-up study from four smaller trials at the consortium medical centers on the effectiveness of bariatric surgery compared to medical and lifestyle management on Type 2 diabetes and weight, the Clinic said.

— julie washington, cleveland.com, "Cleveland Clinic leads multicenter trial on obesity, diabetes," 6 July 2017
People who opt for bariatric surgery can lose more than 30 percent of excess body weight within six months.

— james paton, Bloomberg.com, "Why Big Pharma Is Struggling to Profit From the Obesity Epidemic," 4 July 2017

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Did You Know?

Baros means "weight" in Greek; so, for example, a barometer is an instrument that measures air pressure or weight. Bariatric describes the medical treatment of serious overweight—that is, obesity. Bariatric surgery is only employed when other methods of weight loss have been tried and failed. Though stapling the stomach may seem extreme, we now know that obesity greatly increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and stroke, so stomach surgery doesn't just help people look and feel better—it's a potential lifesaver.