... "There's no rule that everybody has to be a certain body weight... Bariatric surgery is to address health problems.

... "There's no rule that everybody has to be a certain body weight... Bariatric surgery is to address health problems.

I was reading about people who go to Mexico from Canada and one comment in the article was those who go for weight loss surgery because of wait times. These would be the same people told to work with a team on nutrition, exercise and counseling because their weight is not causing health problems yet.
http://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4479735