{"id":411,"date":"2012-07-30T00:18:28","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T07:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/?p=411"},"modified":"2024-08-26T00:22:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T07:22:03","slug":"is-there-an-age-limit-for-weight-loss-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/is-there-an-age-limit-for-weight-loss-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Is There An Age Limit for Weight Loss Surgery?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/age-limit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-414\" title=\"Is There An Age Limit for Weight Loss Surgery? | BeLiteWeight | Weight Loss Services\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/age-limit.jpg\" alt=\"Is There An Age Limit for Weight Loss Surgery? | BeLiteWeight | Weight Loss Services\" width=\"160\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>The four major types of weight loss surgery \u2013 Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, adjustable gastric band, duodenal switch and vertical sleeve gastrectomy \u2013 are available for adults of any age; however, there is a greater risk of complications after the age of 65. In all cases, women are required to be at least 80 pounds overweight and men at least 100 pounds overweight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Weight loss surgery limits the amount of food possible to intake. Surgery is only utilized when the client is unable to lose weight through a healthy diet and exercise. Studies have shown that surgery is highly effective in reducing the likelihood of death caused by obesity. Furthermore, one study found that 7\/10 sufferers of diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure no longer needed treatment for their conditions after their weight loss surgery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Surgery is usually carried out through a laparoscopy, where a half-inch incision is made and a camera is inserted into the body. While gastric bypass surgery is the most common, each of the procedures has a different purpose. It is important to understand each before you decide which best suits your needs:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1. The Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery involves dividing the stomach into two sections so food is only able to pass through the upper, smaller section.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">2. Similar to the gastric bypass, the adjustable gastric band splits the stomach into two sections; however, the size of the restriction can be modified.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">3. The duodenal switch involves the larger section of the stomach being removed entirely. Food is unable to pass through the majority of the small intestine and digestive juices are rerouted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">4. A vertical sleeve gastrectomy again removes the larger part of the stomach, and a tubular gastric sleeve is formed. The smaller stomach sleeve is connected to a very short section of the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine) that links directly to the lower part of the small intestine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After weight loss surgery, patients were shown to lose an average of 61% of their original weight. You can best retain your new weight by adhering to your new diet and exercise plans recommended by your doctor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The four major types of weight loss surgery \u2013 Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, adjustable gastric band, duodenal switch and vertical sleeve gastrectomy \u2013 are available for adults of any age; however, there is a greater risk of complications after the age of 65. In all cases, women are required to be at least 80 pounds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[16,917,13,10,8,919],"class_list":["post-411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weight-loss","tag-gastric-bypass-surgery","tag-gastric-sleeve-surgery","tag-laparoscopic-vertical-sleeve-gastrectomy","tag-sleeve-gastrectomy-surgery","tag-vertical-sleeve-gastrectomy","tag-weight-loss-surgery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10477,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411\/revisions\/10477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}