Working Outline (Bariatric Surgery-Rouen Y)

Running Head : After Bariatric Surgery

After Roux en Y Bariatric Surgery , What Happens Next

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The Mental and Physical Effects After Bariatric Surgery

Obesity is one of the major health problems that Americans are facing today

Measuring the body mass index (BMI , which is the person 's body fat based on one 's weight and height , determines whether a person is obese or not

Obesity is defined as having a BMI of 30 or

greater while morbid obesity is defined as having a BMI of more than 40 or weighing more than 100 pounds over the person 's ideal body weight

For morbidly obese persons , bariatric surgery is often indicated

Bariatric surgery is the surgical treatment done on the stomach and the intestines to help an extremely obese person to lose weight

The main types of Bariatric Surgery include banding and bypass procedures . These procedures help decrease a person 's food intake by restricting the amount of food that goes into the stomach

In the banding procedure , a band is placed on the stomach which limits the stomach 's opening

In the bypass procedure , also known as the Roux-en-Y Gastric bypass , a part of the stomach is made like a pouch and this serves as the new stomach . The pouch is then connected to a different part of the intestine that bypasses a large part of the intestine which results not only...