Potential candidates include:Persons with a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater than 40Men who are 100 pounds over their ideal body weight or women who are 80 pounds over their ideal body weightPersons with a BMI between 35 and 40 who have another condition, such as obesity-related type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, or heart diseaseThere are several approaches to bariatric surgery, but all procedures are eit