With increased urbanization and changing lifestyles, a sedentary lifestyle has become a major contributing factor for obesity to become an epidemic. Obesity among middle-aged persons is very common nowadays, that it is the root cause of several serious illnesses like Diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disorders, sleeping disorders, joint pains, infertility, and increased chances of cancer.
The mesh of interactions between genetics, nutrition, lifestyle, sleep pattern, and psychology contribute to weight gain. People often say, ‘Zip your mouth, have control, be motivated enough, but little do they know this may not work for everyone. Getting the numbers on the scale down is an uphill battle that many struggles with almost all their lives. The weight management is beyond calorie balance as there are several other factors that come into play which need to be understood and dealt with. That’s why it’s always important to seek advice from your doctor, they can assist patients in weight loss and in more serious case discuss gastric sleeve cost and other bariatric weight loss procedures.
“Fundamental to any weight loss effort is a lifestyle change, diet, and increased physical activity. Following our biological clock is the key to good health and well-being. Altered sleep patterns that are untimely sleep at odd hours contribute to eating at wrong times thus disturbing metabolism. 7- 9 hours of daily sleep at the right time is imperative. Obesity can be treated. But it involves more than just swallowing a pill or sticking to a diet. It needs a multidisciplinary assessment involving a coordinated approach by different specialists such as dietician, endocrinologist, psychologist, internist, cardiologist, family doctor, bariatric surgeon. The last resort is surgical management i.e. Bariatric surgery which has proven to be the most effective treatment option for sustained weight loss and significant improvement of all obesity-related illnesses.” Said Dr. Ashish Vashistha, Director & Head Department of Surgery, Advanced – Laparoscopic, Bariatric & Robotic Surgeon, Max Super Speciality Hospital Saket
Urbanization and improved economic status have led to easily available means of transport that have cut down physical activity to almost zero. Furthermore, easily accessible processed foods with calorie-dense constituents and little/ no nutrient value inevitably add to the waistline circumference.
“Bariatric (Obesity) surgery, or weight loss surgery or metabolic surgery, includes a variety of procedures performed on people who are obese. Weight loss is achieved by reducing the size of the stomach through the removal of a portion of the stomach (sleeve gastrectomy) or by resecting and re-routing the small intestines to a small stomach pouch (gastric bypass surgery/One Anatomises Gastric bypass)” added Dr. Vashishtha
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Robotic bariatric surgical procedures are offered to patients with high Body Mass Index (BMI) and other medical conditions related to obesity. Also, good results are seen in revisional bariatric surgery cases. The main advantages of the Robotic system are seen with Gastric bypass.