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Not everyone
is a candidate for weight loss surgery. The decision to have weight loss
surgery is an important one. The candidate for surgery must understand
and assess the benefits and risks of the surgery before making an informed
decision.
To be considered
for weight loss surgery by the Bariatric Surgery Team at White Plains
Hospital, a patient must have met the following guidelines.
- Previous
efforts at weight loss through supervised weight loss diets have failed.
This does not include fad diets.
- The
candidate must be motivated to lose weight and must understand the dietary
restrictions that will be caused by the surgery.
- There
is no current drug or alcohol abuse. Individuals with a past history
must be in recovery.
- Major
psychiatric illness must be effectively managed by medication and/or
psychotherapeutic treatment.
- The
patient does not have a medical contraindication to the surgery, and
the surgery is recommended by the patient's own physician.
- The
patient must be at least 100 pounds overweight, 60% above ideal body
weight or have a BMI (Body Mass Index) of >40. The following table
shows ideal weights for men and women. BMI is calculated by the following
formula:
BMI
= (weight in pounds)(705)/(height in inches)2
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Feet
|
Inches
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Ideal
weight
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60%
over
|
100
pounds over
|
Ideal
weight
|
60%
over
|
100
pounds over
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|
4
|
10
|
115
|
184
|
215
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
11
|
117
|
187
|
217
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
0
|
119
|
191
|
219
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
1
|
122
|
195
|
222
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
2
|
125
|
200
|
225
|
136
|
218
|
236
|
|
5
|
3
|
128
|
205
|
228
|
138
|
221
|
238
|
|
5
|
4
|
131
|
210
|
231
|
140
|
224
|
240
|
|
5
|
5
|
134
|
214
|
234
|
142
|
228
|
242
|
|
5
|
6
|
137
|
219
|
237
|
145
|
232
|
245
|
|
5
|
7
|
140
|
224
|
240
|
149
|
238
|
249
|
|
5
|
8
|
143
|
229
|
243
|
151
|
242
|
251
|
|
5
|
9
|
146
|
234
|
246
|
154
|
246
|
254
|
|
5
|
10
|
149
|
238
|
249
|
157
|
251
|
257
|
|
5
|
11
|
152
|
243
|
252
|
160
|
256
|
260
|
|
6
|
0
|
155
|
248
|
266
|
163
|
262
|
263
|
|
6
|
1
|
|
|
|
167
|
267
|
267
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|
6
|
2
|
|
|
|
171
|
274
|
271
|
|
6
|
3
|
|
|
|
174
|
279
|
274
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6
|
4
|
|
|
|
179
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286
|
279
|
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Source:
1983 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Height-Weight tables
for the middle of the medium frame values.
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