‘Obesity’

Bariatric Surgery -part 3-

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

bariatric surgeryAfter Bariatric Surgery

The recovery, after Bariatric Surgery, in the case of the gastric band and the tube is fast. The patient can go out three days in a week-10 days, return to your normal life. The practice of any physical exercise or sports should be delayed until 20 days after surgery. The bypass rejoins normal activity on the 30th.

For both techniques, the patient is changing, gradually, your diet: liquid 2-3 weeks, going on a diet finely ground, crushed coarse and reaches the normal diet in 20-30 days, depending on the type of technique .

Diet, Lifestyle and Weight Loss

When our patients have reached the stage of solid foods, it is time that diets designed by nutritionists customized to each individual. These diets are tailored to the needs of each patient, depending on their degree of obesity, changes in weight, and program implementation. Although dietary guidelines must be observed, the patient undergoes little or no hunger if you have had a restrictive or mixed technique. (more…)

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Bariatric Surgery -part 2-

Monday, July 26th, 2010

bariatric surgeryWhat kind of bariatric surgery is indicated for treating my obesity?

The best technique for interventional obesity is one that adapts to the excess weight of the patient, their food profile, psychological profile and their fears and lifestyle.

In general, depending on the degree of obesity, our team recommends:

* BMI 30-35 -> Intragastric balloon
* BMI 35-40 -> Balloons, Band or gastrectomy tubular pipe according to age, the food profile of the patient and whether or not severe comorbidities such as diabetes
* BMI 40-50/55 laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding or tubular gastrectomy
* BMI> 55-60 tubular gastrectomy or gastric bypass
* Special cases: male with BMI 45-50 with T2DM (diabetes). This patient will probably benefit much more from a tubular gastrectomy or bypass it in a band. You have to individualize their test HOMA insulin resistance, if your pancreatic function is maintained (peptide C) and when years ago suffering from T2DM. (more…)

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Bariatric Surgery -part 1-

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

bariatric surgery

What is Bariatric Surgery?

The part of the surgery that deals with the surgical treatment of obesity.

Types of Bariatric Surgery

The techniques used in bariatric surgery are based on two principles:

• FOOD RESTRICTION: by reducing the stomach capacity, the patient eats less food, since it is satisfied earlier. The ball, band, tube gastrectomy and gastric bypass use this principle. Even if the balloon should be considered more invasive technique such as surgery.

• FOOD MALABSORPTION: by making the food no longer go through certain sections of stomach and intestine, is looking for decreased absorption of ingested food. Gastric bypass, the duodenal and biliopancreatic diversion are techniques that combine the principle restrictive and malabsorption of food components. (more…)

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Obesity

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

ObesityObesity means having excess body fat. It differs from overweight, which means weighing too much. Weight may be the result of muscle mass, bone, fat and / or water in the body. Both terms mean that a person’s weight is greater than is considered healthy according to their height.

Obesity occurs over time, when you eat more calories than those who consume. The balance between calorie intake and calories that are lost is different for each person. Among the factors that could tip the balance include genetic makeup, excessive eating, consumption of fatty foods and lack of physical activity.

Being obese increases the risk of diabetes, heart disease, stroke, arthritis and certain cancers. If you are overweight, lose at least 5-10 percent of your weight can delay or prevent some of these diseases.

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Obesity and overweight

Saturday, June 19th, 2010

Obesity and overweightOne of the most common problems associated with current lifestyle is overweight. Obesity or overweight is a major risk factor in the development of many chronic diseases such as heart and respiratory diseases, diabetes mellitus or type 2 diabetes, hypertension, certain cancers, as well as premature death. New scientific studies and data from life insurance companies have shown that health risks of excess body fat are associated with small increases in weight and not only with marked obesity. (more…)

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Treat Obesity in Adolescents

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Treat Obesity in Adolescents

To treat obesity in adolescents is better to perform a surgery that exercise and diet

Obesity is becoming a disease that brings severe consequences, are increasing every day more people suffer, especially children and adolescents.

For this disease there are several treatments, the most commonly used with diet, exercise and surgery, but according to studies of surgery would be best suited to treat this disease in adolescents.

Obese, underwent surgery in order to reduce your stomach so that they ingest less food, another group was subjected to a strict diet in addition to exercise, however teenagers best results obtained were subjected to surgery.
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