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Will i lose weight after umbilical hernia surgery?
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Up to you: Only if you exercise more and eat less. Weight loss is a matter of calories burned being greater than calories consumed. Hernia surgery closes or occludes a defect but has nothing to do with weight loss.
Answered 5/19/2016
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No: Hernia surgery itself will not result in weight loss. Need to exercise more & eat less to lose weight.
Answered 5/6/2013
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