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What is the process to treat morbid obesity by reducing the size of the stomach?
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∙ 13y ago
This is called a Gastric Bypass
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Clinically severe obesity is also known as?
morbid obesity
What is the definition of bariatric?
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.
How do you determine morbid obesity?
look in the mirror fatty
Is morbid obesity a disease?
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.
Is the cost too great for stomach bypass surgery?
Stomach bypass surgery cost is well worth the cost because the only things worse than not getting it are dying from the morbid obesity that put you in the position of needing the surgery in the first place. In other words, the cost is minimal compared to getting a disease caused by a sedentary lifestyle that is the result of morbid obesity. Surgery has proven to be the most effective treatment for those with morbid obesity, and it has benefits which carry over into other areas of life too like health, wellness, income, emotional wellbeing, and personal freedom, along with a greater love life.
Where can I find out more about morbid obesity surgery?
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.
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What is the term used to describe a person who is over fat?
Overweight, when things get too serious it is called obesity and sometimes morbid obesity.
What are the risks of having surgery to combat morbid obesity?
Gastrointestinal surgery for obesity, also called bariatric surgery, alters the digestive process to achieve rapid weight loss. Many of these surgeries involve staples, so leakage and infection can occur.
What weight is morbid obesity?
People are considered morbid obese when their BMI (body mass index) is over 40. Also when their 140 percent of their ideal body weight.
The condition of weighing two or three times or more the ideal weight?
Morbid obesity (MO)
What is a sentence with morbid?
He developed a morbid fascination with the process of decay in dead human bodies.
