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Notes media type="file" key="babiopodcast2.m4a" Bypass aka bariactric surgery by Patricia Neighmond

Interviewing Dr. Paul shakelle

The popularity of gastric bypass surgery has increased ten times over the past ten years

Nearly 150 thousand people in America receive this kind of procedure every year and it its covered by most insurance companies

The majority of people have positive results but the this life changing procedure still poses risks, gastric bypass surgery is not for everyone

Subsequent to the procedure patients can loose up to 100 pounds in a year aside from the weight loss another benefit is that it reduces the chance of getting obesity related illnesses such as heart disease and high blood pressure

One of the major concerns for doctors like Dr. Shekelle, is that the procedure may seem to appealing to people who really don’t need it, about one and every 200 recipients of the surgery die

The major concern in most cases is leaking of the stomach. Another risk is blood clots.

The surgery drastically and permanently affects the way the body retains nutrients

Most of all shekelle stresses that this procedure is not an alternative to dieting are strictly for those who are seriously obese