Dr  Bradshaw: Gastric bypass surgery will provide sustained health and weight-loss benefits in morbidly obese patients, since it allows morbidly obese patients to have the size of their stomachs reduced to allow them to consume less food, and also allows food to bypass part of the small intestine, ensuring that fewer calories are absorbed  Morbidly obese patients will realize more sustained benefit from gastric bypass surgery than any other treatment regimen could provide  Dr  Hobbes: Not so  Gastric bypass surgery might help morbidly obese patients initially  However, patients undergoing this surgery will eventually become extremely dehydrated and deprived of critical nutrients needed to maintain their health due to the vastly decreased amount of food and beverages they can consume  Eventually, most will develop severe complications from dehydration coupled with nutrient loss
Hence, sustained health benefits will not be obtained
whether the technology of gastric bypass surgery will benefit patients in the long run