Bariatric & Obesity Surgeries

Bariatric & obesity surgeries:

Gastric bypass and other weight-loss surgeries known as bariatric & obesity surgery involve making changes to your digestive system to help you lose weight. Bariatric surgery is done when diet and exercise haven't worked or when you have serious health problems because of your weight.

While bariatric surgery can offer many benefits also, you must make permanent healthy changes to your diet and get regular exercise to help ensure the long-term success of bariatric surgery.

Bariatric Surgery is the only effective method to lose excess weight in morbidly obese
It results in resolution/cure of diabetes (associated with obesity)
Benefits of Bariatric Surgery: Resolution/cure of obesity related comorbidities like sleep apnoea, knee joint pain, infertility, acidity issues, fatty Liver/NAFLD, psychological disorders, etc.

WHO ARE THE CANDIDATES FOR BARIATRIC SURGERY:

All Patients with a BMI of more than 30 qualify to undergo bariatric surgery for weight loss.
BMI more than 32.5 with obesity associated comorbidities are also candidates of bariatric surgery.
BMI of more than 30 with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes can be offered bariatric surgery for the cure of diabetes.

In our society, there is a lack of knowledge and stigma about weight loss surgeries. Obesity is a disease and Bariatric Surgery is the most effective and safe treatment for it. The best part of Bariatric Surgery is that it not only brings your weight to normal but also resolves most of the medical problems related to obesity. It does not involve the removal of fat and it’s not a cosmetic procedure. There are many types of bariatric surgeries and which surgery should be done for a particular obese person should be decided by your bariatric surgeon.