How much overweight do you have to be to have the gastric band done?!
Question: How much overweight do you have to be to have the gastric band done!?
I am 5'5 and weigh 195!. I have always been 'big boned', if you will!. I have tried dieting, exercise, Adipex, Didrex, among other otc pills!. I eat healthy because my husband is diabetic and has to due to his condition!. I have tried EVERYTHING!. I have given birth to 5 children and cannot lose that extra pudge from them!. Www@Answer-Health@Com
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Patients considered for weight loss surgery must be at least 100 pounds overweight and have a BMI of at least 40!. Sometimes patients who are about seventy-five pounds overweight with a BMI of 35 are considered if they also have a combination of certain co-morbidities such as hypertension, diabetes, or sleep apnea!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Look surgery is drastic and dangerous (the anaesthetic)!. Get out of your environment if you can to a country area where you are forced to walk and cannot get hi value foods on a whim!. This kind of change would be best done permanently!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
you will not qualify--you need to be 100 lb overweightWww@Answer-Health@Com
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