Why is Surgery Used to Treat Obesity?
Many patients can lose weight with dieting and exercise but it can be difficult to maintain weight loss without changing lifestyle behaviors or continuing on a weight maintenance program. Even with medication prescribed by their physician, less than 5% of obese patients are able to maintain weight loss for the long term with lifestyle modification alone. For those unable to lose and maintain weight loss, and those who are morbidly obese, or obese with co-morbidities (health problems as a result of their obesity), surgery has been shown to achieve significant and sustained weight loss. It can improve or cure most of the obesity related medical conditions. • How Does Surgery Work for Weight Loss? Surgery is a tool that helps patients decrease the intake of calorie. The procedures work by one of two mechanisms; one is by causing restriction of food intake by reducing the size of the stomach. By changing the size of the patient’s stomach, the patient can only eat very small portions at eac
