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Why We Gain Weight
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There are several factors that lead to weight gain in people.
Weight Loss Physiology
00:36
The LAP-BAND® helps control hunger to help you eat less.
Calories Per Pound of Fat
01:07
Calories needed to maintain a pound of fat for a day.
Laparoscopic Surgery
00:45
Laparoscopic surgery offers less healing time and minimal scarring.
LAP-BAND® Surgery
00:53
The LAP-BAND® is a minimally invasive bariatric procedure.
Gastric Sleeve Surgery
00:51
The gastric sleeve procedure offers great weight loss potential.
Day of Surgery
01:14
There are several procedures to follow for the day of surgery.
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DR. FRANK VENINGA: The lap band procedure is an operation where through either five or six trocars the lap band device is placed. It's a silastic ring, which goes around the very top of your stomach. There's only about one or two finger breadths of stomach above the band and below the esophagus. It is just a region. Many people think of it in terms of a pouch, but is not a pouch. It is simply a region of the stomach, which when you swallow a bolus of food becomes distended, signals back to your brain and then passes through. That is the total effect of the band. It is a very simple system, but it augments the natural system that we have, which determines whether or not we are hungry and when we are able to stop eating because we are full enough.
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