Weight Loss Surgery Medical Considerations
Considering minimally invasive weight loss surgery to help you lose weight and live a healthier lifestyle? Only a qualified bariatric surgeon can help you decide which procedure is best for you.
Before you schedule your consultation with a bariatric surgeon, determine if you meet the minimum criteria:
At least 100 pounds overweight
At least 18 years old
Obese for more than 5 years
A Body Mass Index (BMI) of 40 or more, or at least 35 with one or more obesity-related health conditions, is also a requirement. If you are pregnant, drink [...] Continue Reading…
UK Food Labels Give Incorrect Information
According to some experts the system that food labels are based on is highly flawed and misleading, with the calorie content of many items in our shopping baskets out by a staggering 25 per cent.With many supermarket products already high in fat, sugar and also salt, this news comes as a shock to those who carefully analyse the fat and calorie content of their food based on the information contained on food labels.The UK’s food labels are in place to help people decide what to eat, [...] Continue Reading…
Possible Risks of Weight Loss Surgery
Since obesity has become such a widespread problem worldwide, weight loss surgery has become both more effective in its approaches and better known to the public. Stomach stapling (gastric bypass surgery) began in the 1980s and more ways have been developed of modifying the digestive system so as to prevent a person from over-eating.
The newer procedures use banding (tying off part of the stomach so that it holds less food) and the banding devices are adjustable after surgery is completed. This method involves no removal of [...] Continue Reading…
The 10 Major Health Risks Associated With Obesity
Obesity is a condition that afflicts people all over the world. Why is it called a condition? Well, it leads to many other health conditions that can be debilitating or deadly. In other words, the health problems associated with obesity are numerous and nothing to sneeze at. Take this into consideration: Someone who is overweight by 40% is two times more likely to die than someone who is of an average weight.
Doctors will tell you that a person is more likely to have health [...] Continue Reading…
Looking At A Lap Band Procedure?
If you’re attempting to lose weight but have been stymied as you don’t seem to make headway, or if you’re obese, you will have most likely looked into other options to help you. One of these of course is a lap band procedure. But you might be a little bit unclear about what exactly happens during it. Before any type of procedure can take place, you will have to be screened to find out if you are in fact a candidate. Much like LASIK laser eye [...] Continue Reading…