My understanding was that since the stomach is a lot smaller, you can only handle small portion sizes and that’s how you end up losing weight and having it stay off. I do coding for a medical clinic and I see a fair amount of chart notes of people who had the procedure done (and not the temporary one where they can remove the band, either), and they end up gaining a ton of weight back a few years later.
How/why does that happen? Is it the body adjusting somehow?
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Bariatric surgery only affects how much the patient can eat at one time. If they go from eating three 1000 calorie meals to fifteen 200 calorie snacks, it’s the same intake.
Plus, people who get the surgery may not feel like they need to do anything else to stay at a lower weight, such as exercising or choosing healthy foods.
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