If you are considering Weight-Loss Surgery or already undergone a Bariatric Surgery your commitment to start exercising along with healthy eating habits are extremely important to long-term success. Exercise and Weight Loss Surgery can be effective as an adjunct therapy for bariatric surgery patient, prior and after the surgery.
The most common and safe approach to a Gastric Sleeve Surgery is done laparoscopally, which is a type of surgical procedure that allows a surgeon to access the inside of the abdomen (tummy) and pelvis through small incisions The surgeon then uses a laparoscope. This is a small tube that has a light source and a camera, which relays images of the inside of the abdomen or pelvis to a monitor, where the surgeon has an optimal view to perform the surgery. This usually translates into a shorter hospital stay, a faster recovery time, less pain and reduced scarring. As we mentioned, laparoscopy is the most commmon and safe approach to bariatric surgery.
As we have stated in this blog before, there are many additional benefits of bariatric surgery, beside the obvious weight loss, from the Halo Effect to increasing life expectancy. A recent study published in the European Journal of Endocrinology shows that Bariatric surgery is associated with a robust increase in testosterone concentrations in male adolescents with severe obesity.
The Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP), the program to achieve one national accreditation standard for bariatric surgery centers, a combination from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgert (ASMBS). Both Institutions of which I am an active member, launched a couple of years a surgical risk/benefit calculator that will provide people considering Weight Loss Surgery with accurate patient-specific information to guide surgical decision making and informed consent. You can Click here for direct access to the calculator.
Gastric Sleeve is one of the most common bariatric surgeries, designed to reduce the size of the stomach, it helps people who have struggled with obesity to loose weight and has many others, significant and palpable benefits. Here, at My New Body Obesity Center we have helped people from all over the world live healthier
The benefits of bariatric surgery go beyond just losing weight and keeping it off, there is also convincing data that many patients are cured of obesity-related diseases, notably type 2 diabetes mellitus.
There are also studies that show that weight loss surgery offers financial benefits as it may pay for itself within a few years by reducing medical costs due to obesity-related diseases. Best of all, the long-term death rate seems to be lower for morbidly obese patients. But, bariatric surgery also comes with potential potential short-term and long-term side effect from having rapid weight loss surgery. One of these unwanted side effects is Bone Loss after Bariatric Surgery.
Through our extensive experience in the field of bariatric surgery we have seen a pleasant side effect of Bariatric Surgery that is commonly referred to as Halo Effect, this is when bariatric surgery renders an additional benefit of weight loss and improved healthy behavior for bariatric patients’ family members.
A study published almost three years ago in the medical journal Neurology found a curious link between the Size of your Belly and the size of your brain. People with more excess fat around the belly have a shrunken brain and less gray matter.
A paper published by scientists from the University of South Australia and the University of Exeter in the UK, shows that obesity can lead to depression even in the absence of other weight-related health problems.
Much has been researched and written about how obesity can negatively affect your heart, lungs, liver, and many other valuable organs in your body, but what about your brain? MRI scans show how obesity affects the brain
Researchers from the University of São Paulo have found that the brains of teenagers struggling with obesity appear to show signs of damage that may be related to inflammation.
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