Compliance is Vital - Good read!

I found this to be very interesting... and reaffirming we are doing the right thing... (The link to the entire publication is below, but this summary says it well). SUMMARY Despite billions of dollars spent on weight loss treatment, the number of morbidly obese patients continues to increase. The only treatment option shown to have any type of success in this population is bariatric surgery. Over 100,000 bariatric surgeries are performed annually, with gastric bypass being the most common surgery. Compliance with long-term follow-up is vital, as nutritional and metabolic problems can be easily treated or avoided. With increasing numbers of patients undergoing bariatric surgery, physicians other than the initial surgeon will need to become involved in the follow-up of such patients.
 
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/28/2/481.full