How Do You Qualify For Gastric Bypass Surgery?
Gastric bypass surgery is bariatric surgery that makes the stomach smaller, and reroutes the intestine so that food passes through the digestive tract faster. This type of weight loss surgery greatly reduces the amount of food a person can consume at one time and subsequently the amount of calories the body can absorb. Gastric Bypass surgery results in significant weight loss over a period of several months or years, depending on how obese a person is to start with. Not every obese person is a candidate for Gastric Bypass surgery. Potential candidates must have a body mass index (BMI) of 35 or higher and have accompanying conditions directly related to obesity including diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, arthritis, heart disease, or sleep apnea. People with a BMI of 40 or higher, immediately qualify for gastric bypass surgery even without any of the conditions listed above. If your personal, social, professional, or emotional life is suffering because of obesity, you may
