{"id":1087,"date":"2016-07-26T19:06:08","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T02:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mexico-bariatrics.com\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2016-12-26T15:34:46","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T23:34:46","slug":"weight-loss-surgery-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mexicobariatrics.com.mx\/?p=1087","title":{"rendered":"Weight Loss Surgery Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re significantly overweight and want to make a lifestyle change, you may be a candidate for bariatric surgery at <a href=\"https:\/\/mexico-bariatrics.com\">Mexico Bariatrics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Are you A Weight Loss Surgery Candidate?<\/h2>\n<p>Investigation supports the benefits of weight loss surgery for those with a BMI between 35 and 39.9 with obesity related health conditions such as type 2 diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, high blood pressure, osteoarthritis and other obesity related conditions.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nYou could be a candidate for bariatric surgery if you meet any of the following criteria:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You are more than 100 lbs. over your ideal body weight.<\/li>\n<li>You have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of over 40.<\/li>\n<li>You have a BMI of over 35 and are experiencing severe negative health effects, such as high blood pressure or diabetes, related to being severely overweight.<\/li>\n<li>You are unable to achieve a healthy body weight for a sustained period of time, even through medically-supervised dieting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Have you Explored Other Treatments for Obesity?<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019re convinced that further attempts at losing weight on your own will be unsuccessful, professional help could be the answer.<\/p>\n<p>You should work with your bariatric doctors and their team to set realistic post-surgery goals.  You should also gain a solid understanding of the changes you\u2019ll experience during life after weight loss surgery.<\/p>\n<p>In general, here\u2019s what to expect\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Depending on the type of bariatric surgery you choose, the typical patient can expect to lose anywhere from 25% to 80%+ of their excess weight.<br \/>\nAs a guideline, your initial goal should be to get your body mass index BMI below 30.<br \/>\nA BMI of 25 is possible, but 30 should be the real target as that\u2019s where many of the obesity-related health conditions begin to show significant improvement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+MexicoBariatricsTijuana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"publisher\">by Mexico Bariatrics<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re significantly overweight and want to make a lifestyle change, you may be a candidate for bariatric surgery at Mexico Bariatrics. Are you A Weight Loss Surgery Candidate? Investigation &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,47,46,44],"tags":[65,66,67],"class_list":["post-1087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bariatric-surgery","category-laparoscopic-bariatric-surgery","category-obesity-surgery","category-weight-loss-surgery","tag-bariatric-surgery-benefits","tag-bariatric-surgery-candidate","tag-weight-loss-surgery-candidate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mexicobariatrics.com.mx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mexicobariatrics.com.mx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mexicobariatrics.com.mx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mexicobariatrics.com.mx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mexicobariatrics.com.mx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1087"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mexicobariatrics.com.mx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1385,"href":"https:\/\/mexicobariatrics.com.mx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions\/1385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mexicobariatrics.com.mx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mexicobariatrics.com.mx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mexicobariatrics.com.mx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mexicobariatrics.com.mx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}