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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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Bariatric surgery is a surgical option for losing weight in people who are extremely overweight and their weight poses a health hazard.

Obesity-Bariatric Surgery

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Obesity Bariatric Surgery by Dr. Jaime Ponce de Leon.

Bariatric surgery is a surgical alternative for losing weight in people who are extremely overweight and their weight poses a health hazard. The procedure involves the surgical removal of a part of the stomach to reduce its size or restricting the absorption of food from the intestine. There is an option that is a combination of these two methods.

What is Obesity?

  • Multifactorial disease of excess fat storage with a genetic basis.
  • Influenced by the environment.
  • Lifelong and progressive.
  • Associated with multiple serious medical problems.
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Consumer Guide to bariatric surgery Mexico. Information on weight loss surgery in Mexico, including cost considerations, bariatric surgeries, and choosing a bariatric surgeon.

Bariatric Surgery Mexico

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In the United States and Canada, a growing trend of individuals seeking Bariatric Surgery in Mexico is booming. Simply because the weight loss surgery cost in Mexico is just about half of what it is in their countries.

Many individuals cannot afford the high cost of medical care in the United States and Canada. As a result, they have decided to travel outside their countries and have their bariatric surgeries performed elsewhere.

For many individuals who either do not have health insurance or whose health plan will not pay for bariatric surgery, traveling to Mexico for bariatric surgery is a very attractive option. For others, it may be the only way they will be able to afford a weight loss procedure.

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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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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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Obesity is an abnormal accumulation of body fat, usually 20% or more over an individual's ideal body weight. At Mexico Bariatrics we treat obesity.

Obesity

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Obesity is an abnormal accumulation of body fat, usually 20% or more over an individual’s ideal body weight. At Mexico Bariatrics we treat obesity.

Gaining weight and becoming obese or morbidly obese has created an epidemic not only in the United States, but also internationally. According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than 2/3 of the US population is overweight, and nearly 1/3 is obese or morbidly obese.

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Obesity is a complex disease that is associated with a number of comorbidities, increased mortality, and reduced quality of life.

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Overweight and obesity are the fifth leading risk for global deaths. At least 2.8 million adults die each year as a result of being overweight or obese.

Obesity is the result of inappropriate lifestyle choices.

Presently, a full two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. Childhood obesity has also skyrocketed, tripling over the past 30 years. One in three children between the ages of 10 and 17 is now overweight or obese, and 27 percent of young adults, 17 to 24, are too heavy to join the military.

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