Weight Management Services

Exercise and eating right have traditionally been the most suggested ways to lose or maintain a healthy weight. Occasionally, something else may be going on in the body, preventing these methods from working. SSM Health weight management services provides multiple treatment options to help you get back on track.

Non-Surgical Options:

• Nutrition and wellness programs
  • Physicians and nutritionist work with you directly to develop an individualized food and physical activity plan to build into your current routine.
• Support groups
  • Meet other people in your area at various stages of their weight loss journey. We provide an open environment that encourages people to support and learn from each other. 

Surgical Options:

• Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
  • A procedure where a small pouch is created from the stomach, which is attached directly to the small intestine, allowing food to bypass most of the stomach and the beginning of the small intestine.
• Sleeve Gastrectomy
  • A laparoscopic procedure by which the left side of the stomach is removed leaving only a narrow tube, or sleeve, for food to pass into the intestine.
• SADI-S
  • This procedure is a newer variant of duodenal switch surgery. The key benefit of SADI-S is that one intestinal bypass is made, rather than two, resulting in less time in surgery and reduced risk of intestinal leakage.

SSM Health provides surgical and non-surgical weight-loss options for patients in Southern Illinois. Watch as real SSM Health patients share their inspiring stories.

Exercise and eating right have traditionally been the most suggested ways to lose or maintain a healthy weight. Occasionally, something else may be going on in the body, preventing these methods from working. SSM Health weight management services provides multiple treatment options to help you get back on track.

Non-Surgical Options:

• Nutrition and wellness programs
  • Physicians and nutritionist work with you directly to develop an individualized food and physical activity plan to build into your current routine.
• Support groups
  • Meet other people in your area at various stages of their weight loss journey. We provide an open environment that encourages people to support and learn from each other. 

Surgical Options:

• Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
  • A procedure where a small pouch is created from the stomach, which is attached directly to the small intestine, allowing food to bypass most of the stomach and the beginning of the small intestine.
• Sleeve Gastrectomy
  • A laparoscopic procedure by which the left side of the stomach is removed leaving only a narrow tube, or sleeve, for food to pass into the intestine.

Exercise and eating right have traditionally been the most suggested ways to lose or maintain a healthy weight. Occasionally, something else may be going on in the body, preventing these methods from working. SSM Health weight management services provides multiple treatment options to help you get back on track.

Non-Surgical Options:

• Nutrition and wellness programs
  • Physicians and nutritionist work with you directly to develop an individualized food and physical activity plan to build into your current routine.
• Support groups
  • Meet other people in your area at various stages of their weight loss journey. We provide an open environment that encourages people to support and learn from each other. 

Surgical Options:

• Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
  • A procedure where a small pouch is created from the stomach, which is attached directly to the small intestine, allowing food to bypass most of the stomach and the beginning of the small intestine.
• Sleeve Gastrectomy
  • A laparoscopic procedure by which the left side of the stomach is removed leaving only a narrow tube, or sleeve, for food to pass into the intestine.
• Gastric Banding
  • A type of minimally invasive surgery where an adjustable silicone band is placed around the upper part of the stomach to constrict its size and reduce food intake.
• Intragastric Balloon
  • A non-invasive endoscopic procedure where a silicone balloon is placed in the stomach and filled with saline to restrict its capacity for a limited time

SSM Health provides surgical and non-surgical weight-loss options for patients throughout the metro St. Louis area. Watch as real SSM Health patients share their inspiring stories.

Exercise and eating right have traditionally been the most suggested ways to lose or maintain a healthy weight, but sometimes these methods don't work. When you're looking for an alternative, the team at SSM Health can help. We currently offer the following surgical weight loss options:

• LAP-BAND®
  • It is the least invasive option for surgical weight loss. It is peformed laparoscopically through several small incisions less than an inch in length.
• Sleeve Gastrectomy
  • A laparoscopic procedure by which the left side of the stomach is removed leaving only a narrow tube, or sleeve, for food to pass into the intestine. 

Through commitment to honesty and accessibility to patients, our providers are forever changing patients, helping them find more joy through their weight loss journeys. Learn more about a local softball coach's story and how bariatric surgery has changed his life.