{"id":222,"date":"2023-06-22T11:09:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T16:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asmbs.org\/?page_id=222"},"modified":"2023-11-21T10:32:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T15:32:35","slug":"considering-metabolic-bariatric-surgery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/asmbs.org\/for-patients\/considering-metabolic-bariatric-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Considering Metabolic \/ Bariatric Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<section class=\"asmbs-block asmbs-block--flexible-hero hero--block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bg--radial-gradient\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero--bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"asmbs-component asmbs-component--flexible-hero asmbs-component--flexible-hero--two-column  content--align-left\">\n\n\t<div class=\"left-column\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"asmbs-element asmbs-element--heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\tGet the facts\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t<section class=\"asmbs-element asmbs-element--content\">Explore More about Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.<\/section>\n\t<\/div><!-- .left-column -->\n\n\t<div class=\"right-column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"video-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- This thing has to be a button to work with a11y. -->\n\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"btn--no-style\" data-bs-toggle=\"modal\" data-bs-target=\"#flexible-hero--video-modal\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/asmbs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Dont-Believe-the-Myths.-Learn-the-Truth-about-Bariatric-Surgery.jpg\" class=\"asmbs-element asmbs-element--image img-fluid object-fit-cover rounded shadow video-thumbnail--image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asmbs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Dont-Believe-the-Myths.-Learn-the-Truth-about-Bariatric-Surgery.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/asmbs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Dont-Believe-the-Myths.-Learn-the-Truth-about-Bariatric-Surgery-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asmbs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Dont-Believe-the-Myths.-Learn-the-Truth-about-Bariatric-Surgery-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asmbs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Dont-Believe-the-Myths.-Learn-the-Truth-about-Bariatric-Surgery-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asmbs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Dont-Believe-the-Myths.-Learn-the-Truth-about-Bariatric-Surgery-586x330.jpg 586w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\t\t\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asmbs-element asmbs-element--image play-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/asmbs.org\/wp-content\/themes\/custom\/asmbs\/assets\/src\/static\/images\/icons\/video-play.svg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"icon to indicate video play\" height=\"34\" width=\"34\"\/>\n\n\t\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .video-thumbnail -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .right-column -->\n<\/div><!-- .asmbs-component--flexible-hero -->\n\n<div id=\"flexible-hero--video-modal\" class=\"asmbs-element asmbs-component--modal-video modal fade modal-lg video-modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t<div class=\"modal-dialog\">\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-header\" data-bs-theme=\"dark\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn btn-primary video-modal-close\" data-bs-dismiss=\"modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\tClose\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<button class=\"asmbs-element asmbs-element--button btn-close-white btn-close btn\" aria-label=\"Close\" data-bs-slide-to=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/829822803\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .hero--bg-wrapper -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .container -->\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"asmbs-block asmbs-block--side-by-side--buttons inner--hp\">\n\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"asmbs-grid buttons-columns-2 content-left\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"asmbs-element asmbs-element--heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\tLearn more about Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"asmbs-element asmbs-element--content\">Deciding to undergo metabolic and bariatric surgery is a significant step, and we understand that you likely have numerous questions and concerns. 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