According to a recent study, bariatric surgery is safe for older patients who are morbidly obese and are carefully selected for the weight-reduction surgery.

This makes sense, as the body begins breaking down as we all get older and a lot of extra weight is more than likely going to cause more complications with aging. The solution is to undergo bariatric surgery and rid the body of all that weight.

I'm no fan of quick, surgical fixes (like gastric bypass) to help people lose weight, but in the case of elderly or older patients who can't get the physical movement needed to begin, this looks like the only treatment that may help.