‘Body Mass Index’

Solution to Obesity Surgery

Monday, June 28th, 2010

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Science and modern technology have developed new and better ways to help obese people reduce weight, surgery reduces the stomach to receive food. This treatment is becoming increasingly safe and effective as it does help reduce between 50 and 70 percent overweight.

This option is recommended for people who are overweight more than 50% of its maximum weight and is sometimes the only viable alternative for extreme cases.

This type of surgery, also called bariatric, has revolutionized the treatment of obesity, since people with morbid obesity, previously had no solution and only option they remained before complications that eventually causes overweight.

This type of surgery is performed in Chihuahua by specialists in surgery, specifically trained in this procedure. Before operating, the doctor evaluates the person as much risk they are going to have to decide whether the greater the danger of living with obesity than entering the operating room, even though today is a minimally invasive surgery . Currently uses two types of bariatric surgery, restrictive and mixed.

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Bariatric Surgery for Obesity Solution

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

When overweight jeopardizes health, including a person’s life, it’s time to consider bariatric surgery. But you know what this procedure, how effective is it and who are eligible for it?

surgery treatment for obesityIn recent years obesity has become a global epidemic and the second leading cause of preventable death. Because it affects the entire body, increasing the risk of severe complications associated with the World Health Organization-WHO-considered the most chronic health problem XXI century.

To curb it, even to control or eliminate the conditions that trigger it, there is bariatric surgery. Its name is derived from the words “baros”, which means weight, and “iatrein” treatment. Is the use of various surgical techniques to modify the anatomy of the stomach to reduce its size. In this way the intake and decreased calorie intake and therefore lost weight and not recovered, said Karen Alvarez, a nutritionist.

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Obesity and smoking shorten life in 10 years (II)

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Obesity and smoking

Much of obesity is related to the risk of heart disease and stroke and to a lesser extent cancer.

Among middle-aged people in the UK, as one in four deaths are caused by heart attack or stroke, and one in 16 cancer deaths are due to overweight or obese, according to researchers estimate.

Fat at 40:

In adulthood, it may be easier to prevent substantial weight gain, to lose weight once you have won, they say.

Thus the body mass index (BMI) was calculated by dividing weight in kilograms by height in meters squared, an example would be:

Normal: 18.5 to 24.9
Overweight: 25 to 29.9
Obese: Above 30

It is very important to calculate your BMI, to avoid excess in middle age, which could add years to life. (more…)

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Obesity and smoking shorten life in 10 years

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Obesity and smoking

Being obese is very dangerous to health as being addicted to snuff, as it can shorten the life a decade, a group of experts from the University of Oxford has warned.

Even moderate obesity reduces life expectancy by about three years, said that the Services Unit of Clinical Trials, these results were published in The Lancet and derived from data on nearly one million people worldwide.

In the UK, a quarter of adults are considered obese, with a body mass index (BMI) greater than 30, this index is useful in assessing the extent to which the fatty tissue causes health problems.

If they are becoming obese or becoming overweight, can help add years to your life, says Dr. Gary Whitlock, University of Oxford. (more…)

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