Bariatric medicine deals with the causes, prevention and treatment of obesity. A bariatric medicine physician, or bariatrician, may treat patients with diet and nutrition, exercise, behavior modification or medication. The bariatrician may also coordinate patient care with a bariatric surgeon, who may perform surgery. Bariatric or gastric bypass surgery, also known as roux-en-Y gastric bypass, creates a small pouch of the stomach that bypasses part of the intestine. When the size of the stomach is reduced by surgery, it allows less food to be ingested, resulting in weight loss.

Obesity is damaging to one’s health: some of the negative effects of obesity are heart disease, diabetes, some forms of cancer, hypertension, asthma, obstructive sleep apnea, arthritis; and obesity has been known to shorten one’s lifespan.

Doctor density varies by specialty and location. New Jersey has 2 practicing bariatric doctors. Broken out by city, bariatric medicine doctor density in Livingston is 1 and in Morristown is 1.

New Jersey’s population is 8,717,925, and its capital is Trenton. Atlantic City is the largest gambling site in the United States outside of Las Vegas. Elsewhere in the state, people can visit a lighthouse on the Atlantic shore or take a steamship cruise; kids enjoy the Children’s Museum of Portsmouth, and a train ride on the Conway Scenic Railroad or the Mt. Washington Cog Railway draws thousands of visitors per year. Take a hike, swim, bike, golf, or picnic in New Hampshire’s White Mountains.

According to 2005 Census estimates, New Jersey has a population of 8,717,925. Of this population, 2,111,384 are under the age of 18 and 1,123,787 are at or above the age of 65.