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It is calculated from a simple formula (Know your BMI) of wt/ht2 or (kgs)/ (m)2 which results in a term called the BMI or Body Mass Index. This allows us to appropriately classify the severity of the weight problem.
What are the indications for OBESITY Surgery?
A BMI of 37.5 or greater, with or without any obesity-related illnesses, or a BMI of 32.5 or greater with the associated illnesses (co-morbidities) listed below or as per the clinician if med fails. Most of these co-morbidities are known to reduce the life expectancy of the patient.
Non-surgical weight loss procedures include endoscopic options like gastric balloons (e.g., Orbera) and endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG), which reduce stomach capacity along with medications such as GLP-1 receptor agonists and GIP.
These methods are ideal for individuals with a BMI between 30–40 and offer reduced risk, minimal downtime, and effective long-term weight management.
Intragastric Balloon: A soft balloon is inserted via endoscope and filled with saline to create fullness. It typically remains for six months.
Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty (ESG): Sutures are placed in the stomach to reduce its size by up to 70%, limiting food intake.
Weight Loss Medications: FDA-approved medications such as semaglutide and tirzepatide help suppress appetite and increase fullness.
Lifestyle & Behavior Modification:Diet, exercise, and behavioral counseling programs ensure sustainable long-term results.
Minimal Downtime: No or very small incisions allow faster recovery.
Safety:Lower risk compared to traditional surgical procedures.
Effectiveness:Works best when combined with permanent lifestyle changes.
Note:These treatments are generally intended for individuals with BMI between 30–40 or lower in specific medical conditions.
The reason behind obesity can be explained with a story which tells us one theory of cause of obesity.
In ancient times, availability of food was a very difficult problem for man. To survive in a situation like natural calamity or whenever starvation was unavoidable, nature has given us a reservoir of the energy which is in the form of fat. But now the circumstances have changed.
Nowadays, food is available much more than required. So the energy stored in the form of fat is not utilized.
Today’s sedentary lifestyle, ultramodern lifestyle, use of vehicles, fast foods, cold drinks and a very high caloric but nutritionally deficient diet are the gifts of the modern world which results in excess weight gain or obesity.
Before some years, obesity was considered as a sign of prosperity, but slowly today’s man could understand that it is a sign of lost health, which is real wealth.
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A study conducted by The University of North Carolina & Carolina Population center on 4032 Indian females revealed that housewives are more prone to Obesity, especially those belonging to affluent families.
A recent study by a pharma company International Day of Evaluation of Abdominal Obesity (IDEA) in around 60 countries concludes that almost 75 per cent Indian women and 58 per cent Indian men suffer from abdominal obesity.
Obesity is a condition which highly impairs quality of your life
Asia: 1.7 Billion
India: 5% Urban population (50 Million) 13% Adolescents
Obesity will cross the most feared diseases like – AIDS or heart diseases and will be the leading cause of death in the coming 5 to 10 years.
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