Qualifications For Bariatric Surgery

Although bariatric surgery can be a great option for those who are morbidly obese to help with improving their lives not all people will be eligible to have this form of surgery. The qualifications for bariatric surgery deal with body mass index levels and various different health conditions that can accompany certain body mass index levels. This fat control surgery is intended for people who meet these particular qualifications.

A person who has a body mass index level of forty or greater is a candidate for bariatric surgery. A person with a BMI at this level or higher is a person who falls into the third obese class. This is the highest obesity level that a person can have in that a person can be a hundred pounds or greater overweight in this level depending on the person's height. In many cases with this level of obesity the person will have weight that is a hundred percent higher than that of the person's ideal type of weight.

People who have BMI levels between 35 and 40 are ones who are in the second obese class. Those who have BMI levels in this area are eligible for bariatric surgery if they follow a couple of requirements. A person who has diabetes and is in this BMI level is eligible because the diabetes can make it incredibly hard for a person to lose weight or to be more susceptible to further weight loss. Those who have hypertension, which is a condition that deals with high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease or people who have sleep apnea can be eligible for bariatric surgery as well. This fat control surgery can also be used by people in this level who are suffering from degenerative joint diseases.

People who have tried various different methods of weight loss and have not been successful with any of them may be eligible for this fat control surgery too. Full documentation of efforts with diet aids, behavioral changes and exercise programs will be needed for a person like this to be eligible to qualify for bariatric surgery. This is also the case for those who have taken weight loss drugs that have not worked for them.