• 40 the BMI overweight people used to need to get the food-limiting lap-band surgery, which has become very popular
• 35 the BMI an FDA panel now recommends for fat people to get the surgeries – if they don’t have health problems
• 30 the BMI panel now recommends for lap-band surgery if you already have health problems source

• » A good alternative: If you’re a fat person who can’t make sense of confusing traditional weight-loss programs, the FDA panel’s recommendation of looser standards for lap-band surgery could be a godsend for people would otherwise need to be chained to a wall to prevent them from eating in large quantities. Like us *chews laptop*.

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