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TREATMENT OF SEVERE OBESITY

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  • •Diets, exercise, and behavioral change:
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    1. –Will produce only up to 10% weight reduction
    2. –Is ineffective long-term sustained weight loss
    3. –And will be necessary for success with any bariatric surgery
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    •Pharmacotherapy

    Diet Pills have been eliminated from many practices

    –Side effects unfavorable; recalled medications
    –Minimal sustained weight loss

    Bariatric Surgery

     

    •Surgery is the only reliable method for long-term weight control in morbidly obese patients
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    •Resolves co-morbidities
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    •Must weigh risks/benefits of surgery vs. lifetime risks of remaining morbidly obese
    –Risks of surgery
    –Risks of staying morbidly obese

     

Weighing the Risks

 

 

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