For severely obese people it can be frustrating trying to get results when using conventional diets. They also know that being obese puts their overall health at risk. Perhaps that is why many of them choose to have Bariatric surgery. Unfortunately, many times they are under the mistaken impression that this type of weight loss surgery is a guaranteed solution.

What types of people are good candidates for this procedure? Some surgeons accept patients in their 60’s and some will even operate on teens, but since this is considered to be a last-step treatment for obesity, it is used only when all other conventional methods such as dieting, or even an abdominoplasty treatment have failed. Candidates must have severe obesity-related health problems.

There are 3 different stages or classifications of obesity that use the Body Mass Index (BMI). Morbid obesity (BMI 40+), super-obesity (BMI 50+) and end-stage obesity (BMI 60+). Severe obesity is a chronic, frequently progressive, life threatening disease. Does this mean that undergoing surgery is more of a risk than the actual disease itself?

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