Obesity can damage the body by its mechanically and metabolically adverse effects on normal bodily function; not to mention the psychological anguish it can also bring. Gastric bypass surgery is a very successful alternative to normal dieting for the obese and overweight, and is an operation that makes the stomach smaller and causes food to bypass part of the small intestine.
Avoid the “Take-Home-Box” Overload
Bariatric Patients must be very careful not to allow the Take-Home-Box Monster to take over their refrigerator and eventually their body! Find out how you can curb the guilt-response that takes hold of you to eat those leftovers.
Being Trapped in the BAGGIES!
Remember when you weighed over 300 pounds and you literally felt stuffed into your clothes? Zippered pants and tailored shirts just werent your style, or closer to the truth, you couldnt find any zippered pants that fit you well or shirts that didnt peep open of pop buttons! Elastic became your closest buddy! Do you recall how self-conscience you were to not bend over for fear of busting out your seat? Or how about the way your large thighs would rub so much against the inside seam of your pants, you were glad that nobody could see that you had splitting material in between your legs?
Emotional Eating- Shedding Light on your Hidden Patterns
Are you hungry or is there something else going on when you think about food? There are various reasons for deciding to eat.
Gastric Bypass Surgery Recovery And Expectations
Gastric bypass surgery is the latest medical technique in the field of controlling obesity and obesity related diseases. Weight loss procedures are either restrictive which reduce the size of your stomach or malabsorptive which lessen the flow of food from stomach to the intestine thus reducing the absorption of fat and other essential vitamins and minerals. These techniques are used in combination in gastric bypass surgery which creates a small pouch in your stomach making a…
Walking Routines for the Bariatric or Gastric Bypass Patient
Every Bariatric Patient is told from DAY ONE how important it is to walk as a form of exercise after surgery. As a matter of fact, many are urged to get up and walk just hours after surgery! Find out about your special walking routine needs.
Surgery as Treatment Option for Obesity
This article provides basic information on being overweight and obese. It then tackles on weight loss programs that could help in decreasing a person’s body weight. If the case is severe obesity, weight loss surgery can also be an option. By
Gastric Bypass – Post-Operative Expectations
At a time when obesity is growing at an alarming rate, an increasing number of people are turning to gastric bypass surgery to solve their weight problem. But just how successful is gastric bypass surgery in terms of weight loss and can it really make a dramatic change to your life?
Gastric bypass has been around for more than fifty years now and, while there are of course risks as there are with any surgical procedure, in the vast majority of cases patients are more than …
Gastric Bypass – The Advantages Of Laparoscopic Surgery
Gastric bypass surgery is the most often carried out operation for weight loss in the USA with more or less 140,000 operations being done in 2005 Dating back more than 50 years, a lot of surgeons have grown up with gastric bypass surgery and possess a very effective understanding of both its risks and benefits.
In many cases gastric bypass is the last option when other forms of weight loss and dieting have proved unsuccessful and where you are very much overweight. This co…
Gastric Bypass – The Response To A Man-Made Problem
Obesity is as old as time itself and for many obesity is caused by medical or genetic problems. In today’s world, however, the alarming increase in the rate of obesity is very much a man-made problem, fired in part by the availability, and popularity, of the gastric bypass.
Advances in surgical techniques, not least the arrival of laparoscopic procedures, have made the gastric bypass a much simpler and more acceptable solution to the problem of obesity. What is more, the p…
Cosmetic Surgery UK: Do Not be Fooled by Marketing Gimmicks
Do you really believe on the marketing gimmicks that Tummy tucks, Weight loss surgery or any other plastic surgeries are as easy and acceptable as going to a holiday? Can you just have it done by any person and from anywhere? Let us take a look.
A Battle of Great Proportions: The Fight Against Obesity
This article is about obesity. It briefly discusses some recent statistical figures connected to obesity. It also discusses about factors that contribute to obesity. These factors include energy imbalance, calorie consumption, calorie use, environment, genetics, disease and medication. Obesity, if left untreated, may lead to a spectrum of complications including: diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea, and stroke. There are a lot of ways to lose weight safely. Dieting and exercise helps lose weight gradually and naturally. For severe cases where dieting and exercise take too long to produce results, weight-loss surgery is the answer.