A new study published in JAMA Surgery suggests bariatric surgery may be more successful if done before patients become morbidly obese. The study also suggests that waiting until a patient's BMI is extremely high (above 50) can hamper the benefits of undergoing bariatric surgery because these patients will have a lower likelihood of achieving the type of weight loss that leads to a healthy BMI (below 30).

In your opinion, when is it the right time to get bariatric surgery for weight loss?