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Consider weight-loss surgery
If you have a BMI of 30 of higher, the Lap-Band Adjustable Gastric Banding System can be a powerful tool to help you take control over your weight. The system features an adjustable gastric band placed around your upper stomach to help limit your food intake and promote your feeling of fullness. It can be tightened or loosened as your body or physical needs change over time, helping to provide sustainable weight loss over the long term. With regular adjustments that help you continue losing weight, Lap-Band is a long-term tool that gives you more power over your hunger and more control over your weight loss than ever before.
The Lap-Band gives you control over your body too, because it is the least invasive and safest weight-loss surgery available. Unlike other more drastic weight loss surgeries, with the Lap-Band procedure you can continue to eat the healthy foods you love while maintaining portion control. The procedure also has the lowest risk for vitamin or mineral deficiencies. It is typically performed in under an hour, and you can usually return home the same day. If for any reason your Lap-Band needs to be removed, it is easily reversible.
Lap-Band is the only FDA-approved, laparoscopic weight-loss device for people with a BMI of 30 or higher that’s commercially available in the U.S. The procedure has been performed over 1,000,000 times since 1993 worldwide. It’s covered by most insurance companies, and is being backed by over 25 years of clinical evidence.
