US singer Carnie Wilson had gastric bypass surgery in 1999 and lost half her body weight. She weighed 300 pounds before the surgery and she lost 150 pounds. Ten years later she is back up to 212 pounds.
Losing weight with a bypass is no guarantee that it will stay off as the stomach typically stretches again over time. Gastric bypass is an extreme and controversial treatment for obesity.
One study showed that one in five patients had complications after surgery including heart attacks and strokes. Another study showed that the mortality rate for gastric bypass patients is one in two hundred.
Regaining weight after gastric bypass creates physical and emotional problems. Carnie Wilson says she is determined to lose her weight again.
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Our view on gastric bypass remains the same. This is radical surgery that changes the anatomy of the stomach. The evidence is that a high percentage of people who have lost weight after gastric bypass will eventually regain some, or all of it, after a time lapse of 5 years. Why would anyone choose this option when there is a far easier solution that doesn’t change the anatomy of the body in any way, lasts for a lifetime and is fully adjustable? Yes, we are talking about the gastric band!