Obesity is the number one cause of serious health problems that leads to death.
If you are obese and it is causing you serious health problems, then you may need to try a weight loss surgery.
There are many types of restrictive surgeries.
Here are two types of restrictive surgeries.
The Sleeve Gastrectomy Procedure: The Sleeve Gastrectomy Procedure removes the majority of the stomach to make a smaller and tubular shaped stomach.
This makes your stomach hold less food and makes your stomach resistant to stretching.
This procedure is usually done on people who have a BMI of over 50.
This procedure is usually performed with another procedure intended also.
This other procedure may be gastric bypass or biliopancreatic diversion.
When a person is extremely obese, it is sometimes hard to operate on them.
The sleeve Gastrectomy procedure lets the person lose some of their excess weight before undergoing their second procedure.
The person usually loses 33% of their weight after two years.
The Malabsorptive Procedure: The Malabsorptive Procedure decreases the length of the small intestine.
This reduces the absorption of calories which causes weight loss.
The most common Malabsorptive procedure is the Biliopancreatic Diversion.
The Biliopancreatic Diversion is where part of the stomach is removed and the surgeon connects the rest of the stomach to the lower intestines.
This causes you to lose weight because food passes into the large intestine before the small intestines can absorb calories.
These surgeries not only cause weight loss for obese people, but they can save your life.
You will be happier and healthier after your weight loss.