Getting Surgery Before It's Too Late
There is enough data and information suggesting that when a patient is one hundred pound overweight, or his BMI (body mass index) is 40 OR MORE, there is a 99 % chance that he will not lose weight by himself
Surgery is one of the options when people get that point of no return according to Dr. Anthony Gonzalez, Medical Director of Bariatric Surgery at South Miami Hospital.
“People want to turn to surgery because of the medical issue that obesity can cause, such as diabetes, high blood pressure and apnea. Others, because of the social or psychological issues," he says.
