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Gastroenterologist · Bariatric / Weight Reduction Surgery
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Bariatric surgery helps by reducing the size of the stomach, which in turn reduces the amount of food that can be eaten at one time and reduces the number of calories absorbed from food.
The most common type of bariatric surgery is gastric bypass surgery, which involves dividing the stomach into a small upper pouch and a large lower pouch, and then connecting the two parts together so that food travels directly from the upper pouch to the lower pouch. This decreases the amount of food that can be eaten at one time and also reduces how many calories are absorbed from food.
