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| EXPERT VIEWS |
- Intitial Teatment
- Expert Views Morbidly
- Obese vs/Upwardly Mobile
What do the medical experts say ?
The National Institutes of Health has held three conferences on surgery for severe obesity in the past 15 years. At the most recent conference, the panel of experts concluded that "reduced life expectancy and significant psychosocial and economic problems are experienced by severely obese people." They went on to say: "Limited success has been achieved with a variety of nonsurgical approaches including medically supervised dieting. Diet alone cannot be considered a reasonable option for permanent weight loss. Drug therapy for clinically severe obesity has been disappointing."
The panel endorsed two surgical treatments for obesity: gastric bypass and adjustable gastric banding, noting that "significant weight loss usually occurs and a number of associated disorders (such as diabetes and hypertension, etc) often improve." |
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