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Understanding How BMI and Obesity Affect Candidacy

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The team at LIMARP International Center of Excellence for Obesity in Tijuana, MX, evaluates a number of factors when determining your candidacy for bariatric surgery, including BMI and obesity, chronic health problems, and unsuccessful past attempts to lose weight. Weight loss surgery is not for everyone. It is best used as a tool to supplement weight loss among patients who have a BMI (body mass index) above 40.

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A good candidate for bariatric surgery is a patient that has 40 of BMI or more. BMI is a body mass index. It’s just a number than can tell us if the patient is obese and what weight of obesity he has. Also, patients 35 through 39 of BMI and one or more chronic diseases is also a patient that needs surgery. So we would say patients that had two or more attempts of losing weight without success.

         

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Dr. Pompa is a member of several distinguished organizations, where she attends meetings regularly and serves as faculty at:

  • Mexican Association of General Surgery
  • Mexican College of Obesity and Metabolic Surgery
  • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
  • American Association of Surgery for Obesity and Metabolic diseases as an international member
  • International Bariatric Club
  • Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)
  • French Society for Digestive Surgery
  • American Diabetes Association
  • Harvard Alumnin Association

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