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By Charles Johnson


Too much weight is often a source of discomfort to many people. Obesity can generally lead to serious health problems. For obese people, the desire to lose extra pounds is a continuous struggle and can be cumbersome and motiveless. Such people, therefore, try intensive exercises or change their diet in a bid to lose the excessive fat. Unfortunately, they may notice an increase rather than its decrease. With bariatric weight loss surgery, one is able to shed off the excess and undesired body fat.

Since obesity is a serious condition that may cause related health problems such as type 2 diabetes, it is important that the affected person seeks to lose the extra body fat. A combination of these procedures with a complete and inclusive treatment is effective to help lose body fat for lengthy time periods. It is useful in fixing obesity related-conditions such as high blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases. This, therefore, reduces the intake of medications prescribed to such conditions arising from obesity.

Normally, the bariatric procedures are of different forms such as the adjustable laparoscopic gastric banding, gastric sleeve, and gastric bypass. These surgeries usually work by altering the normal gastrointestinal tract or by causing other physiologic changes in the body to change fat metabolism and energy balance. Nevertheless, irrespective of the bariatric procedure, you are able to decide on what is best for you together with your surgeon. At the same time, this procedure is just a tool for losing some pounds but success would also depend on other factors that may include behavior modification, nutrition, and exercises among others.

By altering the gastrointestinal anatomy, some of the procedures affect intestinal hormone production such that appetite and hunger are reduced, while feelings of fullness are increased. As a result, there is a reduction in desire for food, as well as the eating frequency. Normally, the changes in hormones due to the surgical procedure are different from the ones produced by the change in diet.

The bariatric procedures are usually better compared to dieting. This is because the hormonal changes after the surgery increase the loss of weights by maintaining calories burned or enhancing energy expenditure. On the other hand, energy expenditure is reduced in dietary therapies, which could even be lower than the one predicted by changes in the composition of the body or weight loss. Therefore, the unbalanced changes in dietary therapies may result in gaining more weights.

Usually, there is a long-term success with the surgical procedures. According to some studies, over 90 percent of people suffering from severe obesity have been able to maintain about 50% or more of the weight-loss after the surgery. For this reason, the surgical procedure has been found to last longer.

Losing weight is only one of the benefits of choosing to have the procedures performed. Other benefits include increased longevity of life, especially to affected people as health problems are equally reduced. There is reduced the risk of complications after the surgery.

Obese people have often been considered to be undesirable. If dealt with accordingly, it will improve the psychological status of the patient. The person will be able to socially interact with others, work well and improve sexual performance. It reduces the chance of the affected person remaining in a depressive state.




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