- You must weight at least 100 lbs. Over your ideal body weight or two times your ideal weight. Ideal weight standards are determined from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Tables.
- You must have a history of being severely overweight for at least 3-5 years.
- You must demonstrate a failure to have lost weight in at least one documented formal weight control program.
- You must have at least one health condition associated with, or made worse by, being severely overweight.
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