Eating healthy and exercising are important to maintaining a healthy lifestyle, but for some people - it's not enough.

However, if the BMI is between 35 and 39.9 ... conditions and submit the proper documentation, your claim for bariatric surgery under your health insurance plan should be payable.

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Florina Corpodean confirmed through a data analysis that metabolic and bariatric surgery is largely safe and effective for patients who are experiencing severe obesity. In the recent study "BMI ...

A multicenter examination of data demonstrates that for patients with a body mass index at or above 70 kg/m2 metabolic and bariatric surgery is a potent intervention. A team of researchers led by ...

Those often include being over the age of 18, having a certain minimum body mass index (BMI) and having evidence that other weight loss methods have not worked for you. If you're specifically looking ...

Researchers have demonstrated that metabolic and bariatric surgery is safe and effective for patients with severe obesity, showing only a 0.7% serious complication rate within 30 days post-surgery.

Metabolic and bariatric surgery is a potent and safe intervention for patients with a body mass index (BMI) exceeding 70, finds a recent study. The popular weight loss surgery is majorly done in ...

Surgical procedures of the upper gastrointestinal tract that are designed to induce weight loss are collectively referred to as bariatric surgery ... proportional to BMI. With weight loss ...

A team of researchers led by Pennington Biomedical Research Center's Dr. Florina Corpodean confirmed through a data analysis that metabolic and bariatric surgery is largely safe and effective for ...