Step 1: Know the Facts – Then Decide.
 

Before you decide whether you are a candidate for laparoscopic gastric banding or not, here are 5 important points to think about. 

• Excessive weight gain and obesity increase the risk of life threatening medical conditions including heart disease, diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and sleep apnea.
   
• Being significantly overweight not only affects quality of life but self confidence as well. 
   
• Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding surgery is designed for people who have tried many different approaches to improve weight and health but have not gained much long-term success.
   
• Gastric banding can reduce medical risks and result in improvement or resolution of significant medical problems.
   
• Laparoscopic gastric banding surgery performed by the experienced Credit Valley Clinic surgeons in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is the least invasive weight loss surgery option available.