Weight Loss Surgery - Treatment of Obesity

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Weight Loss Surgery
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Getting Ready For Weight Loss Surgery

• Weight loss is achieved by reducing the size of
  the stomach with a gastric band or through
  removal of a portion of the stomach or by
  respecting and re-routing the small intestine to
  a small stomach pouch.
• Surgery should be considered as a treatment
  option for patients with a BMI of 40 kg/m2 or
  greater who instituted but failed an adequate
  exercise and diet program (with or without
  adjunctive drug therapy) and who present with
  obesity-related co morbid conditions, such as
  hypertension, impaired glucose tolerance,
  diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, and
  obstructive sleep apnea.

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• Patients should be referred to high-volume
  centers with surgeons experienced in bariatric
  surgery.
• The surgery is contraindicated in patients who
  have end stage disease and also in patients not
  committed to make lifestyle changes considered
  ideal for the surgery.

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Doctors now consider Weight loss surgery to be
the most effective and durable treatment for
obesity

• The argument in favor of the most effective
  Weight loss surgery procedures, the gastric
  sleeve and gastric bypass, is that on average,
  they help people lose about 30 percent of their
  original bodyweight and keep most of it off a far
  better outcome than a regimen of diet and
  exercise.

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Please contact us or visit TLC if you are feeling
same

• Are you about to embark on the weight loss
  surgery journey and can feel the nerves setting
  in?
• Does the thought of the pre surgery diet make you
  feel sick, before you have even started?
• Do you wonder what is really reasonable to expect
  after weight loss surgery? How much weight should
  you lose?

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You can also reach us via social media
Facebook, LinkedIn!

• Are you wondering how you will cope and what the
  heck you are actually going to eat on a fluid and
  puree diet?
• Have you heard you will need to take vitamins
  after surgery, but have no idea where to start?
• Are you feeling bombarded online by all the
  advice on the free online groups and support
  pages?

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WEBSITE

• https//tlc.com.au/