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For those who are morbidly obese, weight loss surgery can be used to dramatically improve your health and your quality of life.

Morbidly Obese

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In order to qualify for weight loss surgery you have to be considered morbidly obese.

Many patients who battle with excess weight are morbidly obese. Morbid obesity is often accompanied by high blood pressure, diabetes, degenerative arthritis, increased cancer risk, and heart attacks.

Are You Morbidly Obese?

For those who are morbidly obese, weight loss surgery can be used to dramatically improve your health and your quality of life. To get an idea if you are morbidly obese or if you may be a candidate for weight loss surgery, we have included some useful tools below.

You may be a candidate for weight loss surgery.

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Obesity causes and health risks. Obesity is a medical condition due to the consumption of high calorie meals. Obesity is dependent on different factors.

Obesity Causes

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Obesity causes and health risks. Obesity is a medical condition due to the consumption of high calorie meals. Obesity is dependent on different factors.

Becoming obese is dependent on quite a number of factors. Some of these factors may include genetics, behaviour and the environment as well. Also, there are some illnesses that are closely associated with obesity. In a lot of cases, there is significant help available and patients are never alone.

Calorie Imbalance

In ten years, an average person eats about 10 million calories but their weight typically only changes by about 5kg up or down. So in most cases, our weight remains stable over time. This is because our bodies control our calorie balance very precisely; much like a thermostat keeps the temperature of a room steady.

Our genes and our environment both affect the setting of this ‘weight thermostat’ and can cause a calorie imbalance. For example, our genes can affect the amounts and types of food that we prefer to eat. And our environment affects the amounts and types of food that are available to eat.

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What is obesity? Everything you need to know about obesity, obesity prevention and bariatric surgery in Mexico.

What is Obesity?

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When looking at bariatric surgery options, it’s important to understand what obesity is and why we, as obesity surgeons, are treating it.

What is obesity?

Although most people have a general understanding that being obese means being significantly overweight, the actual definition of obesity is more complex. Currently, the measure most commonly used is BMI.

BMI stands for Body Mass Index, and is a number that’s found by dividing your weight in kilograms by your height in meters, squared.

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Weight Loss Surgery and Health in Mexico.

Bariatric Surgery Health Benefits

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Bariatric surgery: do the benefits outweigh the risks?

Obesity prevalence is the highest it has ever been. And with the increase in obesity comes an increase in the number of weight loss surgery procedures. But how safe are the procedures, and do the benefits outweigh the risks?

There is no doubt that obesity is a major cause of a number of serious and potentially life-threatening diseases.

The condition can lead to type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and it has also been linked to some cancers, including breast cancer and colon cancer. Furthermore, the condition can severely damage a person’s quality of life, leaving them immobile and often triggering depression.

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The epidemic of obesity-associated diabetes is a major crisis in modern societies, in which food is plentiful and exercise is optional.

Obesity Associated Diabetes

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Newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes tend to have one thing in common: obesity. Exactly how diet and obesity trigger diabetes has long been the subject of intense scientific research.

High levels of fat shut down a key enzyme that promotes glucose sensing in pancreatic beta cells — revealing a pathway implicated in the Type 2 diabetes epidemic

A new study led by Jamey D. Marth, director of the Center for Nanomedicine, a collaboration between UC Santa Barbara and Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham), has revealed a pathway that links high-fat diets to a sequence of molecular events responsible for the onset and severity of diabetes. These findings were published online August 14 in the journal Nature Medicine.

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Mexico Bariatric Surgery Benefits

Bariatric Surgery Benefits

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When combined with a comprehensive treatment plan, bariatric surgery may often act as an effective tool to provide you with long term weight-loss and help you increase your quality of health. Bariatric surgery has been shown to help improve or resolve many obesity-related conditions, such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and more. Frequently, individuals who improve their weight find themselves taking less and less medications to treat their obesity-related conditions.

Significant weight loss through bariatric surgery may also pave the way for many other exciting opportunities for you, your family, and most importantly – your health.

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