Also called: Bypass Surgery, Gastric Banding, Obesity Surgery, Bariatric Surgery

If you’re very overweight and can’t achieve quick body fat loss with a healthy diet and exercise, surgery might be an option for you. Gastric Bypass Weight Loss Surgery is usually for men who are at least 100 pounds overweight and women who are at least 80 pounds overweight. If you are somewhat less overweight, Gastric Banding Bypass Surgery still might be an option if you also have diabetes, heart disease or sleep apnea.

Recently, researchers from McGill University in Montreal found that the people who underwent Bariatric Surgery (Obesity Surgery), saw reductions in particular in the risk for breast cancer and risk for colon cancer. According to a study providing fresh evidence of health benefits from these increasingly common operations, morbidly obese patients who undergo weight-loss surgery, body fat loss surgery greatly reduce their risk of cancer.

The McGill University research study supports findings published last year in the New England Journal of Medicine that . . .

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