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Western Bariatric Institute Partners with Bariatric Advantage to Launch New Online Store Offering Quality Weight-Loss and Nutritional Products

RENO, NV – March 12, 2012 – Western Bariatric Institute, a leading weight management clinic headquartered in Reno, NV, has announced the launch of a new online store offering innovative, health-wise products to help people and patients maintain their weight-loss after surgery, and to help them prepare their bodies prior to surgery.

According to Dr. John Ganser, Medical Director at Western Bariatric Institute in Reno, “We realize the importance of making medical quality supplements available to not only our local patients who need a higher quality product, but also to those in the rural communities. Our new e-Store website offers products recommended after weight-loss surgery as well as nutritional supplements for anyone interested in long-term health. We also are pleased to offer these same high quality products in our office lobby.”

To access the new Western Bariatric Institute e-Store, please visit: www.WBIHealthStore.com

Advantage Bariatric products are manufactured in the United States at facilities that fully comply with FDA good manufacturing practices. Chief Scientist for Advantage Bariatric, Dr. Jacqueline Jacques, is a Naturopathic Doctor with more than a decade of expertise in medical nutrition. She serves on the boards for the Obesity Action Coalition and the Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of California, Irvine. She also is the author of a clinical guidebook called Micronutrition for the Weight Loss Surgery Patient.

Based in Reno, Nevada, Western Bariatric Institute is a leading force in weight-loss surgery, performing innovative procedures such as adjustable gastric band, gastric by-pass and vertical sleeve gastrectomy. Western Bariatric’s board certified surgeons are fellows with the American College of Surgeons and have been accredited as “Center of Excellence” physicians through the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. For over 10 years, patients throughout Nevada and California have looked to Western Bariatric Institute for innovative weight-loss treatment, education and extended care. To find out more about Western Bariatric Institute, including the date and time of the their next free informational seminar,
please visit westernbariatricinstitute.com or call 877.985.6771.