U.S. rules on bariatric surgery lead some to Mexico

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"At 5-foot-3 and 215 pounds, one thing J. never expected to hear was that she was not obese enough.

For years, the Boulder, Colo., woman dieted — at times shaving calories to almost starvation rations. She ran until her knees begged for mercy. But the weight didn't come off. So she decided to have surgery."

With 100% certainty, this woman did not pursue a reasonable weight loss program but an expert's or expert-like one as she cut Calories "to almost starvation rations" (the sine qua non of an expert's diet = certain weight loss failure) and ran (the sine qua non of an expert's "exercise" recommendations = certain weight loss failure).

Two sure-fire ways to fail at weight loss.

"That's when she learned that, heavy as she was, she wasn't heavy enough to have gastric banding surgery. Nationwide guidelines stipulate that only adults with a body mass index of 40 or greater — 35 for patients with weight-related conditions — qualify for bariatric surgeries."

There is no comfort to the claim that the malpractice known as bariatric surgery is limited - for now.

"There is growing consensus among bariatric surgeons — who admittedly have a stake in the issue — that the requirements for obesity surgery in this country are set too high, and that is driving untold numbers of people to foreign clinics."

No doubt taking money from the medical malpractitioners in this country, the poor, IMHO, crooked docs.

"For J., who asked that her full name not be used, that meant she had to gain 30 or 40 more pounds, or develop diabetes or high cholesterol.

Or, she could go to Mexico."

And good riddance.