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How Gastric Banding And Sleeve Gastrectomy Prevents Obesity In People

By Kathleen Brown


Obesity is the leading cause of death for many people. It is now considered an epidemic that affects millions of people each day, before it affected only the older population. But now has affected younger people than ever before.

Most age between 2 to 19 years old and about 17 percent are affected by it. Which means that about 12.7 million of youth in New York between those ages are overweight. However knowing if Gastric Banding and Sleeve Gastrectomy are the best type of surgery for kids is still dependent on the advice of a qualified and experienced professional health care worker.

The body mass index is used to measure the weight of people. It is used to find out whether they are below the suggested weight for their age and height or going beyond it. Teens and children with a BMI that is below the ninety five and above the eighty five percentile are considered overweight.

But obesity is considered when youth and teenager go beyond the ninety five percentile. Differentiating between obesity and overweight is important as these two is not in the same league. Overweight means the person carries extra fat around the body due to lack of exercise, or living a sedentary lifestyle.

In that sense it limits the entry of food and does not decrease the absorption of vitamins, nutrients, and minerals. Food passes through and is digested normally like a regular stomach. Patients report becoming full after a few spoonfuls of their meal and hunger inducing hormones such as ghrelin is decreased in the process.

Sleeve gastrectomy requires 5 to 6 short incisions around the gut area. A laparoscope is inserted into one of these, so surgeons can document the operation along with assessing different areas for risk of complication. At least seventy five percent is removed from the stomach then a narrow silicone tube is inserted between an opening from the intestines and stomach.

The time it takes for this procedure to end is at least 2 hours. And this short duration is advantageous for many patients suffering from severe lung and heart diseases. The average price of this kind of of aciurgy is around 9,050 dollars.

Other factors include being exposed to an unlimited supply of junk foods, parents often give into the demands of their children because they do not want to be seen as a bad parent. But stepping up and showing the limits often helps in putting spoiled and argumentative children in their place. But even so parents are not able to outright prevent their kids from buying school bought foods that are high in sugar.

Beverages such as fizzy drinks, ice cream, and other tasty sweet foods are often sold at price that kids can buy easily. That is why preventing obesity in youth including adults is the job of every bariatric surgeon. However getting in touch with a dietician should be the first priority before consulting a surgeon to have your kids abdominal area opened and operated on.




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