Should Obesity be treat by Bariatric Surgery?

 Today, I will continue the main theme of my blog with a debatable issue. Should the Bariatric surgery be encouraged to help to the obese attain healthy weight and decrease risks for other diseases?  For a normal gene person, achieving and maintain a healthy weight is not very difficult. Nevertheless, Obesity which a chronic problem that is hard to simply treat by diet and exercise , stomach surgery can be an excellent solution. 

Stomach is digestive machine inside the body where all the nutrients ( vitamins, fats, carbohydrates, minerals, protein and water) are processed and release wastes material out of the body. Bariatric surgery is known as the removal of certain part of a patient’s stomach and the remaining part does the digestive role. When the surgery is performed, the food intake is restricted so that patient must make a significant change in their diet. Therefore, there will be a promoting of weight loss and reduction of risk for diabetes Type II.


To be eligible to the Bariatric Surgery, according to DiabetesResourceSpost adults must have the BMI (Body Mass Index) which is equal to or over 30 and also suffer from problem linked to obesity such as heart disease, diabetes.... For youth, family should consider to perform surgery after trying losing weight at least 6 month but not succeed; the patient must meet these criteria: extreme obesity (BMI > 40 ), e their adult height (usually at age 13 or older for girls and 15 or older for boys) and have serious health problems linked to weight, such as type 2 diabetes or sleep apnea, that may improve with bariatric surgery.

There are 4 common types of the Bariatric Surgery: AGB, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), biliopancreatic diversion with a duodenal switch (BPD-DS), and vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG).

 I will describe briefly the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, which is one of the most common surgeries. According to University of MarylandMedical Center

1) The stomach is divided, , and a small pouch, which limits calories that can be taken in on a daily basis to less than 1,000, is formed as simultaneously the majority of the stomach is sealed off.

2) A portion of the small intestine is then divided and sewn to the newly created small stomach pouch. This process limits the body’s ability to absorb calories

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Healthy Weight Forum states two different opinions for this issue:

Bariatric surgery can help patients to lose achieve healthy weight faster, as a result, they can improve health and increase longevity. Moreover, they can stay away from some diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. That can also decrease the cost for the health care system in the future.

 Besides, there are people going against with the idea of Bariatric surgery. They argue that the surgery is really dangerous and complicated. Patients must suffer from at least one side effect as well. The cost for each Bariatric surgery is extremely expensive that government cannot afford. These kinds of stomach surgeries are not as effective as the healthy diet and exercises. Moreover, patients can easily gain weights and being more obese than before because it is just the "quick fix".

From my personal point of view, bariatric surgery should be encouraged but should not be taken a lot of advantages. If patients suffer from serious obesity, stomach surgery should be the best solution to attain healthy weight which is really difficult to reach because of their genes and daily habits.  As a result, their self-confidences in social life can improve significantly because the appearances are fixed. They will not be teased or discriminated by weights anymore. That can also help the government to lower the cost for health care  as the amount of people with serious diseases declines. However, there are some people think that stomach surgeries are miracle that help them lose weight fast and do not need to go on strict diet anymore. After the operations, they could not  maintain healthy-living lifestyles. Consequently gain the weights back and even more serious. In conclusion, people should know how to take good advantage of the surgery so as to improve their quality of lives and be able to run happily with their grandchildren in later life