Adjustable gastric banding, or Lap band surgery, is a form of restrictive weight loss surgery (bariatrics) designed for obesity patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or greater - or between 35 – 40 with those who have comorbidities that are known to improve with weight loss. The gastric band is an inflatable silicone prosthetic device which is placed around the top portion of the stomach via keyhole laparoscopic surgery.

This blogger lists the evidence and makes a compelling case that GOP candidate Mike Huckabee's dramatic weight loss is the result of gastric bypass surgery, not diet and exercise.

Much of Huckabee's "can-do," likeability quotient rests on his remarkable weight loss story, and the book he wrote about his experience -- crediting his success to diet and exercise. But there's a compelling case to be made that Huckabee lost his weight due to gastric bypass surgery, something he has vigorously denied before.

At the age of 52, David Letterman underwent quintuple bypass surgery due to a constricted artery. Letterman frequently joked about his battle with high cholesterol; he even went on an all oat-bran diet for some time, which he complained about during his opening monologues. But, high cholesterol is no joking matter.

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