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Patrick Bass Submitted
Sep 6, 2026 8:08am Summary
Medication engine, intelligence layer, workout engine and five Start here landings '''What to read, roughly in the order you will need it.''' Everything here is a link to a fuller page.
'''Your surgical team's instructions come first, always.''' Where they say something different from anything here, follow them.
== Before ==
- [[who-surgery-is-for|Who surgery is for]]
- [[bariatric-surgery-explained|Bariatric surgery explained]]
- [[endoscopic-options|Endoscopic options: balloon and endoscopic sleeve]]
- [[non-surgical-medical-weight-management|Non-surgical medical weight management]]
- [[preparing-for-surgery|Preparing for surgery]]
- [[medications-and-surgery|Medications and surgery]]
- [[glp1-medications-and-anesthesia|GLP-1 medications and anesthesia]]
== The first weeks ==
- [[the-staged-diet-after-surgery|The staged diet after surgery]]
- [[protein-and-fluid-after-surgery|Protein and fluid after surgery]]
- [[nausea-constipation-gas-and-hair|Nausea, constipation, gas and hair shedding]]
- [[dumping-syndrome|Dumping syndrome]]
- [[returning-to-activity|Returning to activity]]
== For good ==
- [[supplements-for-life|Supplements for life]]
- [[long-term-follow-up-and-labs|Long-term follow-up and labs]]
- [[alcohol-after-weight-loss-surgery|Alcohol after weight-loss surgery]]
- [[pregnancy-after-bariatric-surgery|Pregnancy after bariatric surgery]]
- [[weight-recurrence|Weight recurrence]]
== Setting Loopa up for it ==
- [[medication-protocols|Medication protocols]]. The bariatric track lives here.
- [[clinician-protocols-and-coach-support|Clinician protocols and coach support]]. When your care team's plan replaces the published one.
- [[preparing-for-a-prescriber-appointment|Preparing for a prescriber appointment]]
- [[start-here-tracking-food|Start here: tracking food]]
- [[dexa-scans-and-body-composition|DEXA scans and body composition]]
== Where this comes from ==
Every health claim in these pages cites a published guideline or a peer-reviewed source, listed at [https://loopahealth.app/sources/ loopahealth.app/sources], and [[loopas-medical-information-policy|Loopa's medical-information policy]] explains how they are chosen. '''Loopa does not give medical advice.'''
[[Category:Health topics]]
'''What to read, roughly in the order you will need it.''' Everything here is a link to a fuller page. '''Your surgical team's instructions come first, always.''' Where they say something different from anything here, follow them. == Before == * [[who-surgery-is-for|Who surgery is for]] * [[bariatric-surgery-explained|Bariatric surgery explained]] * [[endoscopic-options|Endoscopic options: balloon and endoscopic sleeve]] * [[non-surgical-medical-weight-management|Non-surgical medical weight management]] * [[preparing-for-surgery|Preparing for surgery]] * [[medications-and-surgery|Medications and surgery]] * [[glp1-medications-and-anesthesia|GLP-1 medications and anesthesia]] == The first weeks == * [[the-staged-diet-after-surgery|The staged diet after surgery]] * [[protein-and-fluid-after-surgery|Protein and fluid after surgery]] * [[nausea-constipation-gas-and-hair|Nausea, constipation, gas and hair shedding]] * [[dumping-syndrome|Dumping syndrome]] * [[returning-to-activity|Returning to activity]] == For good == * [[supplements-for-life|Supplements for life]] * [[long-term-follow-up-and-labs|Long-term follow-up and labs]] * [[alcohol-after-weight-loss-surgery|Alcohol after weight-loss surgery]] * [[pregnancy-after-bariatric-surgery|Pregnancy after bariatric surgery]] * [[weight-recurrence|Weight recurrence]] == Setting Loopa up for it == * [[medication-protocols|Medication protocols]]. The bariatric track lives here. * [[clinician-protocols-and-coach-support|Clinician protocols and coach support]]. When your care team's plan replaces the published one. * [[preparing-for-a-prescriber-appointment|Preparing for a prescriber appointment]] * [[start-here-tracking-food|Start here: tracking food]] * [[dexa-scans-and-body-composition|DEXA scans and body composition]] == Where this comes from == Every health claim in these pages cites a published guideline or a peer-reviewed source, listed at [https://loopahealth.app/sources/ loopahealth.app/sources], and [[loopas-medical-information-policy|Loopa's medical-information policy]] explains how they are chosen. '''Loopa does not give medical advice.''' [[Category:Health topics]]
