IS BARIATRIC SURGERY BETTER THAN DIETING FOR WEIGHT LOSS OUTCOMES?

IS BARIATRIC SURGERY BETTER THAN DIETING FOR WEIGHT LOSS OUTCOMES?

There is a widespread misconception among Indians that restricting diet and food intake can help in overcoming morbid obesity. But more often people fail in their endeavor to lose weight through diet control and exercise

Proper diet and regular exercise are important to maintain a healthy body but these steps cannot help in fighting morbid obesity and sometimes extreme restrictions on diet can render your body weak and lead to other health problems

There are many different ways to manage weight, but which is better for maintaining long-term weight loss? Answer to this question is bariatric Surgery

Bariatric surgery is a proven medical procedure for effective and long-term weight loss and can resolve many other obesity-related health disorders.

Bariatric surgery, regardless of the method used, is much safer nowadays than it was even a decade ago and will not stop you from eating anything that you like and even you can walk on the same day of surgery with no pain and will not face any issues in daily routine.

There are few misconceptions on bariatric surgery like

• Bariatric surgery isn’t safe for older adults.
• You will need plastic surgery after bariatric surgery
• Bariatric surgery is extremely dangerous
• Most people will gain weight back
• Surgery can affect how the body absorbs vitamins and minerals

Post-surgery people showed
• Greater improvements in their quality of life
• Lower medication use when compared with non-surgical patients

Apart from above, bariatric surgery also helps in overcoming health problems including:
• Relief from depression
• Improved cardiovascular health
• Long-term remission of type 2 diabetes
• Relief from knee pains
• Obstructive sleep apnea
• Enhance fertility

Nobesity is one of the most experienced Bariatric Center of Excellence in India with more than 4000 successful Bariatric weight loss surgeries performed so far. Over 400 new patients, every year choose to undergo treatment here for morbid obesity and metabolic disorders. Nobesity is recognized by the Obesity Surgical Society Of India as the Center of Excellence for Bariatric & Metabolic surgery.

Nobesity also leads to one of the best patient support group programs in India. More than 100 after-surgery patients attend each support group meeting held on the last Sunday of every month.