New Less Invasive Options To Treat Obesity Highlighted.

summarizes new “treatment options” to help treat people with obesity. In fact, “over the past two years, physical interventions that are less invasive than bariatric surgery and new formulations of established drugs have received Food and Drug Administration approval.” The article describes a new device to “empty part of their stomach contents before the calories can be digested,” gastric balloons, and various medications. http://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/eschewing-fat-new-obesity-treatments-offer-new-choices/