Science and technology have come together to create a fascinating new, non-surgical weight-loss tool called the Obalon Balloon System. You may have heard about the fluid-filled gastric balloons in the past few years, but this new system uses three gas-filled balloons for a whole new approach.

A new year brings another chance to get back on track. Whether this means better time management, marking off an item on your bucket list, or losing a few pounds, most people entertain the idea of a new year’s resolution every year.

Currently, the biggest change lies in our understanding that the basis of the obesity problem is not what we thought. When I started my training in the early 1980s, I was taught that a gastric bypass was curative of morbid obesity. We had a woefully inadequate understanding of the problem.