Gastric Bypass Surgery  Bookmark and Share    Gastric Bypass
Surgery:  Stomach Reduction, Weight Loss Surgery     What Is It?
Gastric bypass surgery is surgery that reduces the size of the
stomach so food can pass more easily through the small
intestine. This surgery tends to make people feel full quickly
and thus reduces how much food people are likely to eat. This
means you eat fewer calories and hence tend to lose weight. If
the surgeon also bypasses a part of the intestine then patients
can also absorb fewer calories, which also contributes to weight
loss.   Among the different types of bypass surgery include the
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.     The Operation   Typically
when someone eats food goes through the stomach to the small
intestine, where nutrients and calories absorb what they can.
Then food passes into the colon and waste exists the body. In a
gastric bypass procedure, the surgeon reduces the size of the
stomach in several ways. One way is to create a small pouch
located at the top of th