www.causesofobesity.info
Causes of obesity, causes of
childhood obesity, Causes of adult obesity
What is Obesity?
If someone is obese, it means they are
seriously overweight as a result of having too much body fat.
In adults, the exact level of obesity is determined by
reference to the Body Mass Index (BMI). A score of 30+ on the
BMI indicates mild obesity.
Types of severe clinical obesity include morbid
obesity (BMI 40+) and malignant or super obesity (BMI 50+).
At the extreme end of the scale is super-super
obesity (BMI 60+). Child obesity is measured differently. It is
based on BMI-for-age, and is assessed in relation to the weight
of other children of a similar age and gender.
Central or abdominal obesity, now classified as
an independent risk factor for some serious diseases, refers to
excessive fat around the stomach, abdomen or middle.
Several Types Of Obesity Surgery Available
There are several types of obesity surgery
available to those wishing to undergo the procedure. All of
which have some level of permanence, meaning that you wont be
able to fully reverse the obesity surgery once you go through
with it.
The most commonly known form of obesity surgery is gastric
bypass, also known as stomach stapling. This procedure involves
removing a large portion of the stomach from itself via a
stapling device. The remains of the stomach pouch are attached
to a portion of the lower intestine.
Another well known procedure is the lap band. This is a less
invasive form. The doctor places a ring with an inflatable
section around the upper portion of the stomach. The ring has a
tube attached to it that ends with a port that the doctor can
easily access to inflate the ring and gradually reduce the
stomachs capacity.
Biliopancreatic Diversion, Duodenal Switch is a more involved
surgery which consists of removing two thirds of the stomach
and attaching the end of the stomach to a lower portion of the
small intestine.
The part of the intestine which was bypassed is
still attached to the duodenum and its end attached to the
small intestine where food is now routed to carry digestive
juices to the area.
The Long Limb Gastric Bypass is similar to the above except
that doctors will attach the portion of small intestine
containing digestive juices further down in the intestinal
tract so that the food and digestive juices have even less time
to mix.
There is a form of Gastric Bypass known as the Fobi
modification. A normal gastric bypass procedure is modified by
the placement of a firm ring of material around the new stomach
pouch.
Other types of obesity surgery are vertical banded arthroplasty
(rarely used anymore), Jejuno-Ileal Bypass, and Gastric
Pacing.
About the Author :
Read more obesity surgery
articles and obesity
surgery news or visit our obesity surgery site.
Link: Causes of obesity -
Causes of childhood
obesity
Causes of obesity
http://www.causesofobesity.info
Causes of Adult and
childhood obesity. Causes
Obesity Today. Statistics, info,
solutions, exercise, overweight, article causes of
obesity.
|