You have to have tried to lose weight with diet and exercise and have been unable to lose or maintain weight loss. Your body mass index should be 40 or higher unless you have weight related health problems which would lower it to 35.
To find information on gastric bypass criteria online check webmed, wiki and a regular search can tell you what the criteria are. Also, consult your doctor.
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Concerning yourself with the other prerequisites and requirements should be your priority. The gastric bypass groups are fairly laid back, but weight requirements and health criteria should be looked at in the insurance guidelines.
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There are three main criteria used to determine whether or not you would be eligible for gastric bypass surgery. The main criteria are: being unable to maintain a health weight through diet and exercise, a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or higher, a BMI of 35 to 39.9 with serious weight-related problems like diabetes or high blood pressure.
Medicare is a type of insurance that may pay for a gastric bypass. It is not the name of a specific bypass procedure. The gastric bypass can improve your health if you have aggravated obesity.
Gastric bypass diet is a set of modified meal plans intended for gastric bypass patients.
You can find information about dieting after gastric bypass surgery here: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/gastric-bypass-diet/my00827 and http://www.risksgastricbypasssurgery.com/gastric-bypass-surgery-information.shtml.
You can find out information about the gastric band versus the gastric bypass surgery on http://www.trueresults.com/gastric-bypass-surgery or http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/47541.php
Renee Williams was the heaviest person to have a gastric bypass. She had a gastric bypass at the age pf 29 with a weight of 880 lbs.
People who need gastric bypass surgery are often morbidly obese and they are unable to follow through with any other method of weight loss, wither through physical disability or because they have an obsessive eating disorder.