Weight loss surgery sounds frightening, especially when you consider that you’re making permanent changes to your stomach or small intestine. In past times, these types of operations were done as open surgeries, and therefore involved lots of cutting and long recovery times.
Morbid obesity is defined as having a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 40 or more. Additionally, those with a BMI of 35 or more who have serious health conditions as a result of their weigh are also considered to be morbidly obese.
Diet and exercise will always be the primary method of losing weight and both are extremely important for keeping the weight off. Bariatric surgery can’t act as a substitute for diet and exercise, but it can limit the amount of food that you are able to eat in a single serving. This is the role…
Your body mass index—or BMI—is a number that shows roughly how much mass you have per inch of height. It’s calculated by taking your weight in pounds multiplied 703 divided by your height squared in inches. A healthy BMI is generally somewhere between 19 and 25, though for some people it might be a bit…
More and more Americans find themselves suffering from multiple chronic conditions at the same time. When you suffer multiple conditions simultaneously, those conditions are considered to be comorbid. In other words, comorbidities are chronic conditions or diseases that exist at the same time as in a patient.
