Articles, tagged with "treatment of obesity", page 1
16th May 2011
When you are more than twice your ideal body weight or have a body mass index that exceeds 30 kg/m2 then you are considered morbidly obese. In the United States 65% of people are overweight and morbid obesity is now considered a fast-growing problem. And ...
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Author:
Maegan Pillar
21st April 2011
Smart Lipo: A Magical Fat Zapping Technique
Overweight people have found yet another simpler technique of putting their worries aside and attaining a much better shape than ever before; and the technique is called as Smart Lipo. It is a new age cosmet...
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Author:
nichole.myres
12th April 2011
First off, it is important to start with some basic definitions. Bariatrics is that branch of medicine that deals with causes, prevention, and treatment of obesity. Bariatric surgery is another clinical name for weight loss surgery. It seeks to reduce obe...
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Author:
Addison Brown
11th April 2011
Gastric banding has emerged as an important tool in the treatment and long-term management of morbid obesity that is safe and has few side effects. It is now a popular choice for the surgical treatment of obesity. The following outlines the history of the...
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Author:
Adrianna N
08th April 2011
Today, Obesity is major health problem all over the world affecting approximately 300 million people worldwide. Approximately 2.5 million deaths occurred because of obesity related co morbidities and it shortens the life span of those who suffers it. Obes...
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Author:
atulpeters
17th March 2011
Obesity is now recognized as a medical issue. To treat it successfully means reaching an ideal body weight without worsening the condition due to the chosen method of intervention. It must be a sustainable program, too, with behaviors that can be easily m...
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Author:
Damian Candler
25th January 2011
Dr. Marco Sariñana, Endoscopic and Bariatric Surgeon in Mexicali Mexico, performs a variety of obesity weight loss surgery to aid long-term weight loss treatments. He is an accomplished gastric bypass surgeon with significant experience in gastric band s...
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Author:
David
17th January 2011
Surgical gastric banding is a medical method of physically restricting food intake for the treatment of obesity. The popularity of surgical gastric banding led to the invention of "hypnobanding", virtual hypnotic gastric banding, cheaper and physically sa...
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Author:
Joanna Malinowska
20th December 2010
Weight loss advertisements are all the rage these days. Television commercials advertize the advantages of one diet and pill after another, cashing in on the obesity plague that has spread across America. However, not all of these products live up to thei...
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Author:
Art Jones
19th November 2010
It has been shown that leptin exerts its action partly by activation of the melanocortin system in the brain. Melanotan 2 (MT-2) signals the melanocortin system and plays an important role in fat loss, glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity.
But is i...
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Author:
White123
02nd October 2010
Laparoscopic bypass surgery is now the number one way to deal with out of control obesity, overtaking the previous number one method, which was the banding method. The banding method is still in use, but not nearly as much as the newer method. The bypass ...
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ArticleSubmit Auto
30th September 2010
The obesity epidemic is inevitable with all the cheap junk food in the grocery stores and the sedentary working lifestyle that most jobs offer. Fortunately, there is a treatment for obesity. There is no quick and easy cure for obesity. There is only tre...
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Author:
Serena Symms
23rd September 2010
Low cost Bariatric Surgery in India: An Overview
Overweight and obesity are strongly related to medical problems in today’s world. Bariatric is the branch of medicine that deals with the causes, prevention, and treatment of obesity. There are many hea...
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Author:
Sanchita
02nd September 2010
According to health consultants, individuals suffering from obesity have a higher health risk and premature death. Lap band is a breakthrough procedure that help individuals to win their battle against obesity and live a healthy life. Because of the benef...
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Article Publisher
18th July 2010
Overweight and fatness are distinct as irregular or extreme fat buildup that present a risk to health.
A crude inhabitant's measure of obesity is the corpse mass index (BMI), a person's weight (in kilograms) alienated by the four-sided figure of his o...
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Author:
Dr. Lee Mikal