Darlene is a 5? 2??, 23-year-old woman who weighs almost 250 pounds. To lose weight, she's tried calorie-restricted diets, fad diets, exercise programs, and appetite-suppressing pills without success. She would like to try a surgical weight loss method that reduces the size of her stomach without the use of staples and is reversible. Her physician is likely to recommend ________.

A. sleeve gastrectomy
B. adjustable gastric banding
C. gastric bypass procedure
D. gastric resection


Answer: B

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