this type of surgery can be vital, even life-saving treatment. but right now there aren t long-term studies showing how well it works in less severely-obese people. i talked about all this with sanjay gupta and phil mcgraw. sanjay, how does the surgery work exactly? it s different than the gastric bypass surgery. that s right. gastric bypass is more invasive, this is still invasive to be clear, they classify it as minimally invasive. but basically think of it like this. i mean, you re essentially putting a band, in this case it s sort of a silicone band and wrapping it around the stomach. think of it like a seat belt, if you will, and you re trying to shrink the size of the stomach. you see the band there. over time that band sort of just creates a smaller pouch and the theory is that as a result you eat less, have less appetite. that s what they say, makes this work. so under the new guidelines you re talking about tens of millions of people who would suddenly be qualified to ha
severely-obese people. i talked about all this with sanjay gupta and phil mcgraw. sanjay, how does the surgery work exactly? it s different than the gastric bypass surgery. that s right. gastric bypass is more invasive, this is still invasive to be clear, they classify it as minimally invasive. but basically think of it like this. i mean, you re essentially putting a band, in this case it s sort of a silicone band and wrapping it around the stomach. think of it like a seat belt, if you will, and you re trying to shrink the size of the stomach. you see the band there. over time that band sort of just creates a smaller pouch and the theory is that as a result you eat less, have less appetite. that s what they say, makes this work. so under the new guidelines you re talking about tens of millions of people who would suddenly be qualified to have this surgery. dr. phil, are people going to hear this and then say why bother dieting? if suddenly, you know, this surgery is easily access