Sep 23, 2024
At Parkwest Medical Center and New Life Center for Bariatric Surgery in Knoxville, Tennessee, bariatric surgery is changing lives. With expertise and experience, complex procedures like duodenal switch can lead to dramatic, lasting weight loss. “My starting weight...
Aug 25, 2021
From Parkwest Health & Lifestyles When your weight equals a quarter of a ton, day-to-day living is a lot of work. Jonathan Ward, a 46-year-old from Cleveland, Tennessee, was constantly considering how far he could walk while enduring the pain in his knees and how...
May 18, 2021
What is Gastric Bypass? Losing weight is more complicated than what other people perceive it to be. Some may easily do it through diet and exercise while others may not see a significant difference with these steps. If you’re one of the latter and your body mass index...
Apr 2, 2021
News from Parkwest Health & Lifestyles Christy Brown has struggled with feeling overweight her entire life. In 2017 Brown says she stepped on the scale at 325 pounds, her heaviest weight, and knew she needed help. She intensified her efforts to eat nutritious...
Jul 3, 2020
Weight loss surgery has been around for years, yet there are still so many misconceptions about it. One is the ‘easy’ approach to losing weight. And second, that it’s only for women who want to lose their extra weight. The Facts Going under the knife to...
