What qualifies you for bariatric surgery?Bariatric surgery is a method of losing weight by surgical intervention. Bariatric surgery makes changes in the person’s digestive system such as reducing the size of stomach to enable the person to eat less food or carrying out changes in the small intestine. There are many types of bariatric surgery such as gastric bypass, gastric sleeve, gastric band and duodenal switch surgery.A person needs to fulfill the following conditions to be considered eligible for bariatric surgery.Body Mass IndexBody Mass Index is calculated by dividing the mass of the body in kilograms by square of the height in metres. A person with BMI of 40 or more is eligible for bariatric surgery provided other conditions are met. Person with BMI between 35 and 39 is also eligible for bariatric surgery provided he/she is suffering from an obesity related pathological condition such as diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, osteoarthritis, obstructive sleep apnea, non-alcoholic