Obesity is a very serious medical disease. The alternative to living with obesity would not be any more an option than living with treatable cancer or heart disease.
There are many negative impacts of severe obesity on an individual’s life. Obesity can damage muscle, bones, and internal organs. The chance of heart disease, diabetes, sleep apnea, infertility, osteoarthritis, venous insufficiency, gallbladder disease, and certain cancers are increased by obesity. As your weight increases the risks of medical problems increases. There are many social and psychological implications of being obese. Prejudice at school and at the work place is not uncommon. There is an increased incidence of depression in those affected by morbid obesity. Recent published studies show than severely overweight individuals have a life expectancy of 10 years less than non obese members of the population.
In fact the National Institutes of Health had a consensus statement on morbid obesity and determined that surgery is the only effective means of weight loss in patients that suffer from morbid obesity. There have been many publications recently that have documented these benefits. Gastric bypass surgery can prevent the progression and mortality associated with Type II diabetes in morbidly obese adults. With medical weight loss, most patients lose weight only to relapse and regain their weight. Exercise and making better food choices is still important. But surgery is a great aid in helping you to reach your goals of living a longer and healthier life. It also promotes long term success. Surgery is important, its a great aide in helping patients reach their goals of living a longer and healthier life.
However, at the Cosmetic and Obesity Surgery Hospital India we go a step further. We believe that the most effect long term success in weight loss is achieved by exposing the patient to a multi-discipline approach that combine surgery with sound pre-surgery education and superior post operative support which helps a patient to maximize their weight loss and adjust to their lifestyle change.
