The tools aren't the problem. Follow-up is.

I'm a surgeon, trained in esophagogastric and bariatric surgery at Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires. Every day I see patients facing obesity, and one thing became clear: we now have excellent tools to treat it. From lifestyle changes and medication to balloons, endoscopic procedures and minimally invasive surgeries that deliver the best long-term results. The arsenal is there. The problem was never a lack of options.

The problem shows up afterward. A patient leaves the OR with the best procedure, the best indication — and months later, they're lost. Not from lack of will, but because nobody is with them day to day. Appointments happen every so often, doubts happen every day, and that gap is where months of work get lost.

That's where Bariatric AI came from: not to replace the medical team, but to support the patient between appointments — with daily follow-up, standardized guidance aligned with what their doctor already told them, and a team of specialized agents (nutrition, surgery, fitness) available whenever a doubt comes up, not just on appointment day.

Surgery gives you the starting point. Follow-up is what sustains the result.

— Franco Corvatta, Founder of Bariatric AI