The good candidates for Lap-Band weight loss surgery

In February 2011, the FDA gives the new criteria of Lap-Band weight loss surgery :

You are an adult, at least 18 years old.
BMI > 40. This is the equivalent of being about 100 pounds overweight for men and 80 pounds overweight for women.
BMI > 30 in combination with a related health condition such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, or sleep apnea.

Some of the important recommendations made by the NIH are

You have suffered from morbid obesity for at least 5 years.
Your serious attempts to lose weight have had only short-term success.
You do not have any other disease that may have caused you to be overweight.
You are prepared to make major changes in your eating habits and lifestyle, do not drink alcohol in excess.
You are motivated and have an acceptable operative risk.

You have an inflammatory disease or condition of the gastrointestinal tract, such as ulcers, severe esophagitis, or Crohns disease.
Your esophagus, stomach, or intestine is not normal. Such as bleeding, gastric perforation or other congenital or acquired disease.
You have severe heart or lung disease or other disease. Such as cirrhosis, chronic pancreatitis.
You have an autoimmune connective tissue disease.
You might be allergic to materials in the device.
You are pregnant. You can get pregnant after Lap-Band surgery, but you cannot be pregnant when you have the surgery.