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May
Is Obesity a Cancer Risk?
Cancer and its relation to obesityThe World Health Organization estimates that more than 1.5 billion adults worldwide are overweight or obese. Once considered a problem only in high-income countries, overweight and obesity are now dramatically on the rise in low- and middle-incom...
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May
After Weight Loss Surgery: Exercise and Nutrition
Weight Loss Surgery and the benefits of ExercisingThe Journal of the American College of Cardiology (2014;64:472-481), report says:A prospective study showed that running for even 5 to 10 minutes a day, once or twice a week, or at slow speed was associated with substantial m...
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May
Safety in Bariatric Surgery
Most people with obesity don't seek surgical help.Although there is a lot of information regarding obesity, which clearly shows the great health benefits that surgical procedures offer for weight reduction or bariatric, most people with this illness don’t request thes...
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May
Obesity and its Comorbidities, Can These Improve With Weight Loss Surgery?
Obesity #1 disease of our timeObesity is one of the leading diseases of our time, the US reports to have nearly 35% of its adult population is obese, and also carries along many other conditions that are related almost directly to obesity. Comorbidities are defined as diseases th...
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May
Seguridad en Cirugía Bariátrica
La mayoría de las personas no busca ayuda quirúrgica.A pesar de haber mucha información disponible en materia de obesidad, que claramente demuestra los grandes beneficios para la salud que ofrecen los procedimientos para reducción de peso o bariá...
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May
Thinking Surgery or Not to Lose Weight?
Weight Lost Surgery and the benefits of ExercisingIf you're thinking about it, talk to your doctor about the benefits and risks, and whether it’s a good idea for you.After weight loss surgery, success is a long-term project. But if you can stick with a healthy diet an...
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May
Bariatric Surgery Reduces Heart Problems…
Obesity as a diseaseObesity has now become a critical problem in the US, with the prevalence among adults, which increased nearly 50% during the 1980s and 1990s. Now, nearly 70% of adults are classified as overweight or obese, compared with fewer than 25% 40 years ago.Recent evid...
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May
What Happens After Weight Loss Surgery?
ExpectationsPatients, after weight loss surgery, expect a lot of great things to come in the future, but are there things that they shouldn't do during the post-op period?Things to avoidThere are a small number of things that patients should avoid after surgery during the f...
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May
I Just Had Bariatric Surgery. Can I Exercise Right Away?
Bariatric Surgery and ExercisePatients that undergo, either a Gastric Sleeve or a Gastric Plication, are encouraged to start an exercise routine in order to accomplish their weight loss goals. But what exercises are safe and when can they start them?The best recomm...
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May
Does Diabetes Have a Cure? Someone Told Me It Was Possible With Surgery…
Bariatric Surgery and DiabetesUp until recently, diabetes was only treatable with medication, but no permanent cure was known; until stomach surgery, known as bariatric surgery, which reduces the stomach size and ,as a result, dramatically lowers what a person can eat. This surge...
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