Overweight is one of the major problems faced by many people around the globe. Overweight not only creates a psychological problem for the people, but it is also dangerous for the people as it can create an adverse health problems. According to different studies, people who are obese are more prone to heart and other diseases. It is therefore, very important to loose weight at the earliest. There are different ways to loose weight. One can take weight loosing pills, or do a regular exercise to loose weight. However, if someone wants to loose weight faster, then he must go for weight loss surgery.

Weight loss surgery, also known as bariatric surgery is considered as one of the fastest ways to loose weight. The procedures include reducing the size of stomach by implanting a medical device which is also called as gastric banding or by removing a portion of stomach by resecting and rerouting the small intestines to a small stomach pouch. The latter procedure is followed in gastric bypass surgery. Before you decide to go for the surgery, it is advisable to calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI). The bariatric surgery is recommended for people whose BMI is at least 40 (for the diabetic patients, the BMI score is required to be 35). In many cases, the physicians advise this surgery only as a last option, after the obesity of the patients is not reduced even by strict diet plan or regular exercise.

Weight loss surgery has many advantages. In a short span of time, the individuals can loose significant weight for long term. It also recovering from diabetes and have improved cardiovascular risk factors. The mortality rate of the people also reduces from 40% to 23%. In addition, with the reduced weight, people would be less prone to diseases related to blood pressure, cholesterol and joint pains. However, there are some precautions which a patient is required to observe post weight loss surgery. The patients are asked not to take snacks. If they take snacks, instead of loosing weight, they might start gaining weight. In addition, after the surgery, the patients are required to drink lot of water and take protein. Eight glasses of water and intake of proteins in all the meals help the patients to recover from the surgery and loose weight quickly. Apart from this, the doctors also advise the patients to carry out some of the regular exercises to recover faster and loose weight quickly.