Surgery a Way of Getting Rid of Obesity

Obesity is a growing problem among children and teens these days. The condition gives way to a number of other health problems.

The children and teens suffering from obesity face problems while performing physical activities leading to joint problems. The other disease that occurs due to obesity are troubled metabolism, disturbed glucose level, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, sleep apnea and gastro esophageal reflux disease.

The most difficult one is treating morbid obesity. The people suffering from this form of obesity have to access even better die, exercise and medicines. While some feel that surgery as the effective way of treating the condition.

As per an article, "a recent meta-analysis has bolstered the sense that bariatric surgery is a good solution for morbid obesity in adolescents, since patients seem to keep weight off and concomitant metabolic conditions resolve”.

The advancement in medical field has resulted in developing various bariatric surgeries, out of them one is Rouxen-Y gastric bypass that is performed on teenagers. The surgery results in weight loss. The other forms of surgeries are gastric sleeve operation, gastric banding, an intragastric balloon, or a gastric stimulator.

Since the year 1990, many people have undergone bariatric surgery, this form of treatment has become very popular, but there are certain criteria’s that patients should match with so as to carry out the surgery.

Though there has been surgical ways of getting rid of obesity, but there are various medical based journals that oppose these surgeries, while the non medical ones encourage undergoing such surgeries.

source: newstonight