How to Use gastric bypass in a Sentence

gastric bypass

noun
  • Some have turned to gastric bypass surgery, lost scores of pounds but then regained them.
    — Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 26 Apr. 2022
  • And that really stuck with me, and that led me to do a gastric bypass.
    — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025
  • And that really stuck with me, and that led me to do a gastric bypass.
    — Alex Ross, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • This may be why weight loss after gastric bypass surgery tends to last for longer periods of time.
    — Amanda Gardner, PEOPLE.com, 19 Dec. 2017
  • The disease is not curable, although treatments such as gastric bypass surgery can put it into remission for many years.
    — Lola Butcher, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2021
  • After gastric bypass surgery and excess skin removal, Jones dropped more than 400 lbs.
    — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
  • That would never have happened if Heider had performed a gastric bypass instead of a sleeve, the suit alleged.
    — Amber Gaudet updated February 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2026
  • These groups include those with darker skin tones, elderly people, vegans, and those who have had gastric bypass surgery.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2022
  • This type of bezoar tends to occur in people who have had stomach surgery, such as gastric bypass or partial gastrectomy.
    — Jay N. Yepuri, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2024
  • But more health problems followed, despite a 2005 gastric bypass that greatly trimmed his weight.
    — Debora Rey, Chron, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Those who have recently undergone bariatric surgery, like gastric bypass, may also be at risk of zinc deficiency.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 13 June 2023
  • The determined mom had a gastric balloon and gastric bypass and lost more than half her body weight over 12 months, but was left with rolls of skin that hung to her knees.
    — Fox News, 10 July 2018
  • The bariatric center cares for patients undergoing gastric bypass and other weight-loss surgeries.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Roker, who underwent gastric bypass surgery 20 years ago, recently power-walked his way through a half marathon.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 7 June 2022
  • There are several types of bariatric surgery, but the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass tends to have the greatest effect on blood sugar.
    — Verywell Health, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Dodge graduated, underwent gastric bypass surgery, and started to diet and work out.
    — Fox News, 11 Oct. 2019
  • The singer previously had gastric bypass surgery before having a lap band placed in 2012.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • These drugs complement other measures like gastric bypass surgery that are used in the most extreme cases of metabolic disease.
    — Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The effect is similar to gastric bypass, in which surgeons make the stomach smaller and shorten the small intestine.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The audience meets Plum on the cusp of her decision to get gastric bypass surgery, before a series of bizarre events intervene.
    — Sonia Saraiya, HWD, 5 June 2018
  • Any form of major or rapid weight loss (whether due to diet changes, a GLP-1 drug, or gastric bypass surgery) can impact bone health.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 31 Mar. 2026
  • This is a stark difference from people who have had gastric bypass surgery for weight loss, whose metabolisms may speed back up in a year's time, Kraschnewski said.
    — Michael Nedelman, CNN, 3 Nov. 2017
  • For this reason, people who've had weight loss surgery procedures, such as gastric bypass, are particularly prone to gallstones.
    — Mark Gurarie, Health, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Of the more than 5,300 who had surgery, most had gastric bypass, the most common type of stomach-shrinking operation.
    — Carla K. Johnson, The Seattle Times, 16 Oct. 2018
  • Weight-loss surgery, and in particular gastric bypass, may also change the composition of healthy bacteria living in the gut.
    — Alice Park, Time, 2 Sep. 2019
  • People who have had gastric bypass surgery can also become deficient in vitamin D, says Bouwmeester.
    — Stacey Colino, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Roker — who had gastric bypass surgery in 2002 and has been vocal about his weight loss journey — said people shouldn’t shame how others approach their health.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Both had already undergone gastric bypass surgery and tried medication and behavioral therapy but gained back the weight and couldn’t stop binge eating.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Roker began opening up about his health and weight loss after undergoing gastric bypass surgery in 2001.
    — Breanna Bell, PEOPLE.com, 6 June 2022
  • Another option was a gastric bypass, in which a surgeon cuts the stomach into a walnut-size pouch so that food bypasses most of the stomach and the first part of the small intestine.
    — Samhita Mukhopadhyay, SELF, 26 Mar. 2025

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'gastric bypass.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: