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According to the guidelines of the Scientific Societies, patients with a BMI > 40 or > 32-35 with associated diseases are eligible for obesity surgery.

Qualification for bariatric surgery:

BMI ≥ 40, or more than 45 kg overweight
BMI > 35 and at least one associated disease
BMI ≥ 32-35 and at least two obesity-related comorbidities e.g. type II diabetes, hypertension, apnoea and other respiratory diseases, fatty liver, osteoarthritis, lipid disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, or heart disease
Inability to reach a healthy body weight, which persists despite many attempts to lose weight.