Baja Surgical Group

Almost every day, you see reports in the media about an amazing new diet or some new pill for weight loss. Even so, the number of people with a serious weight problem keeps going up. If you are one of those people, you probably already know that weighing more than you should is bad for your health. If you are severely obese, you have a higher risk for problems such as heart disease and diabetes. Plus, weighing more than you should can affect the way you feel about yourself. It can give you a negative self-image. It also can cause you to become socially isolated. The best remedy for being overweight is to exercise more while you eat less and eat sensibly. With this approach, you can use up more energy than you take in and lose weight. A diet can help people lose weight, and some people can have success with drugs that make them feel less hungry. But over the long term, these methods don?t work for everyone. Some people quickly regain the weight they lose on a diet. Some even end up weighing more. Drugs that make you feel less hungry do not usually produce weight loss that lasts. If you? Ve tried these methods and still have a problem with excess weight; you may want to consider surgery. Surgery can help some people lose weight and keep it off. Not everyone who has a weight problem should consider surgery. It depends on whether or not you are overweight, obese, or morbidly obese. One way to tell is by your Body Mass Index (BMI).

An ideal BMI is 19 to 25.1 If your BMI is between 25 and 30, you are thought to be overweight. If it is higher than 30, you are obese. That means you are at risk for health problems. If your BMI is 40 or more, you are said to have? Morbid? Obesity. A BMI higher than 40 suggests surgery might be a proper approach. For some people with a BMI between 35 and 40 (? severe? obesity), surgery might also be a good choice. These are people who have other conditions. For instance, if your BMI is 37 and you have severe sleep apnea, diabetes mellitus, or heart problems, your doctor might suggest surgery to help you lose weight.

Our doctors belongs to the main surgical societies of Mexico and Latin America, but also a member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) and the Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons (SLS) and is pending to join The American Association of Bariatric Surgery (ASBS) and the American College of Surgeons as well. Our doctors are Member of the International Federation for the Surgery Of Obesity IFSO, Member of The Mexican Society of Obesity Surgery, Member Of The Mexican Society Of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and Member of Dr. Valencia’s Surgical team for Obesity Surgery. (BajaSurgicalGroup). Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass and Lap Band Surgery