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Requirements for Lap-Band® surgery


What is the physical requirement for the Lap-Band® surgery?

Who can go for the Lap-Band® surgery?

What should be the diet after the Lap-Band® surgery?


A Lap-Band® surgery involves a surgery around the stomach where a band is implants to minimize the amount of food that you eat which in turn increases the time of the digestion. However it does not mean that every person can go for the Lap-Band® surgery. One needs to follows certain basic requirements in order to go for this weight loss surgery. Only those people who belong to the age group of 18-65 can opt for this surgery. Also you would need to consult a very good Lap-Band® surgeon before going for this surgery.




(BMI) is an important benchmark that tells you whether you should go for the Lap-Band® surgery or not. The minimum BMI has to be over 40. For those people whose BMI is between 35-40, they can also go for the surgery provided they have other medical disorder as well. People with BMI less than 35 are advisable not to go for the surgery.

For those people whose BMI is less than 35 needs to be suffering from the following medical disorders in order to be eligible for the Lap-Band® surgery:

  • Diabetes
  • High cholesterol level in the body
  • Hypertension


The above mentioned diseases rules out the risks that are associated with the Lap-Band® surgery. Only if your weight is more than 100 pounds and you are suffering from any of the above mentioned diseases, then only you fulfill the requirements for the Lap-Band® surgery. Make a good plans before going for Lap-Band® surgery




After the Lap-Band® surgery, you will have to be on a liquid diet for few weeks. You cannot consume any kind of liquid food. Some of the liquid foods that you can try are tea, coffee, juice, soups etc. After few weeks you can consume some solid food like eggs, turkey etc. You should keep in mind that the number of meals per day should not exceed more than 3. And you should try to drink lots of liquids between the meals.


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