Morbid Obesity is more of a condition than a disease. You can't 'catch' morbid obesity from someone else. Instead, you inflict it upon yourself by eating too much and exercising too little.
Morbid obesity is defined as someone having a BMI of greater than 40. Luckily, it's fairly straightforward to treat. Simply reduce the calories you eat by having healthier meals and increase the exercise you do and you'll lose weight fairly rapidly.
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Diabetes atherosclerosis (build up of plaque from high fat diets) leading to coronary artery disease obesity; morbid obesity
For a patient with morbid obesity undergoing a prostatectomy under general anesthesia, the physical status modifier that would be added to the anesthesia code is "P3." This modifier indicates that the patient has severe systemic disease, which in this case is due to the morbid obesity. It reflects the increased risk associated with anesthesia and surgery in such individuals.
Bariatrics is the prevention of morbid obesity, and is often referred to when speaking of gastric bypass surgery. Morbid obesity is a great problem here in the US.
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No, the condition can have numerous underlying causes that may require treatment before the obvious symptom can be dealt with. A healthy knowledge of Nutrition and exercise. will generally reverse obesity.
http://www.obeseinfo.com/ this is a website specifically for morbid obesity surgery tips and information. It gives information like expected weight loss, basic information, etc.
"Research over the past few years has determined that morbid obesity occurs when a person has a combination of two distinct factors. First, the individual has a genetic predisposition to obesity. This simple means, there DNA is already coded for excessive weight gain. Secondly, the individual has a lifestyle that makes obesity more probable. That is to say, instead of living a healthy active life, the person may have a lifestyle that is more sedentary and full of unhealthy eating habits."
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Overweight, when things get too serious it is called obesity and sometimes morbid obesity.
If you are considered to have morbid obesity or end-stage renal disease Medicare/Medicaid may pay the full or partial cost of the Lap Band surgery.
This is called a Gastric Bypass