Houston Weight Loss Surgery Center offers a number of weight loss procedures. Dr. Darido insists on offering the surgery that is most effective for each patient. Weight loss surgery is not about making the stomach small and forcing the patient to eat less. The history of bariatric and weight loss surgery has taught us that anytime we “force” a patient to eat less in order to loose weight we fail. A successful weight loss procedure is a metabolic procedure. A metabolic procedure alters certain hormones that affect body weight, appetite and satiety, as well as energy metabolism