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A 42-year-old male asked:

My bmi ranges 30-34 depending on intensity of dieting & exercises i do in a year.healthy otherwise with bp & asthma.should i go for barriatic surgery?

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Dr. Rebecca Gliksmananswered

Internal Medicine 40 years experience

Bariatric surgery: Bariatric surgery is reserved for individuals with BMI > 40 or with BMI> 35 and serious health problems linked to obesity . Individuals with BMI> 30 and serious health problems linked to obesity can have gastric band. https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-topics/weight-control/bariatric-surgery/Pages/potential-candidates.aspx

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Dr. Dean Giannoneanswered

Internal Medicine 27 years experience

Worth considering.: It may be worth considering bariatric surgery if you've given the earnest effort to lose weight as you've described.

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A 21-year-old female asked:

Hi, Im a 22 year old female with a BMI of 16,6. I am unable to gain weight naturally and Ive tried dieting as well as protein shakes. Are there any kinds of medication that I could use/be prescribed to gain weight?

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A 20-year-old male asked:

If a 20 year old man has Gynecomastia,will it get cured itself or will it require surgery and I have man boobs,when I press them I feel no pain but my BMI is around 22.9 so can it be Gynecomastia or is it just due to fat?

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A 26-year-old member asked:

Bmi 40+, lack of addiction so far to phentermine, is it safe to take it longer than a year? My dr. Is mentioning surgery instead...

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A 45-year-old member asked:

I currently weigh 106 lbs with a BMI of 17.4 and i was wondering if it could cause health problems with surgery?

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A 18-year-old female asked:

I wanna get gastric bypass surgery but I'm to afraid to go to my doctors office and talk to him about it. I'm 18 years old 5'5 and weigh 240 BMI 40?

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