Weight Loss Surgery Treatment Goals
Surgical Weight Loss Treatment
Surgical weight loss treatment of severe obesity is medically necessary
because it is the only proven method of achieving long term weight control
for the morbidly obese. Surgical weight loss treatment is not a cosmetic
procedure. Surgical weight loss treatment of severe obesity does not involve
the removal of adipose tissue (fat) by suction or excision. Bariatric
surgery involves reducing the size of the gastric reservoir, with or without
a degree of associated malabsorption. Eating behavior improves dramatically.
This reduces caloric intake and ensures that the patient practices behavior
modification by eating small amounts slowly, and chews each mouthful well.
Success of weight loss surgical treatment must begin with realistic goals
and progress through the best possible use of well designed and tested
operations.
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Obesity Causes
The biological basis for morbid obesity is unknown, though recent
work has demonstrated a genetic component of between 25 and 50 percent.
Several weight loss studies confirm the influence of genetically
determined proteins produced by the fat cell to be among the many
mechanisms which have a place in the control of satiety. These weight
loss studies confirm that morbid obesity is a disease, not a disorder
of willpower, as sometimes implied. The physiologic, biochemical
and genetic evidence is overwhelming that morbid obesity is a complex
disorder.
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Contributing causes include inheritance
and environmental, cultural, socioeconomic and psychological factors.
Source: American Society for Bariatric
Surgery
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