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For those who are morbidly obese, weight loss surgery can be used to dramatically improve your health and your quality of life.

Morbidly Obese

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In order to qualify for weight loss surgery you have to be considered morbidly obese.

Many patients who battle with excess weight are morbidly obese. Morbid obesity is often accompanied by high blood pressure, diabetes, degenerative arthritis, increased cancer risk, and heart attacks.

Are You Morbidly Obese?

For those who are morbidly obese, weight loss surgery can be used to dramatically improve your health and your quality of life. To get an idea if you are morbidly obese or if you may be a candidate for weight loss surgery, we have included some useful tools below.

You may be a candidate for weight loss surgery.

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Bariatric surgery is a surgical option for losing weight in people who are extremely overweight and their weight poses a health hazard.

Obesity-Bariatric Surgery

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Obesity Bariatric Surgery by Dr. Jaime Ponce de Leon.

Bariatric surgery is a surgical alternative for losing weight in people who are extremely overweight and their weight poses a health hazard. The procedure involves the surgical removal of a part of the stomach to reduce its size or restricting the absorption of food from the intestine. There is an option that is a combination of these two methods.

What is Obesity?

  • Multifactorial disease of excess fat storage with a genetic basis.
  • Influenced by the environment.
  • Lifelong and progressive.
  • Associated with multiple serious medical problems.
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What is obesity? Everything you need to know about obesity, obesity prevention and bariatric surgery in Mexico.

What is Obesity?

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When looking at bariatric surgery options, it’s important to understand what obesity is and why we, as obesity surgeons, are treating it.

What is obesity?

Although most people have a general understanding that being obese means being significantly overweight, the actual definition of obesity is more complex. Currently, the measure most commonly used is BMI.

BMI stands for Body Mass Index, and is a number that’s found by dividing your weight in kilograms by your height in meters, squared.

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