OBESITY, THE DISEASE
The World Health Organization
reports that more than 1 billion people worldwide are overweight and at
least 300 million of them are obese. An estimated 115 million of these
people will develop serious medical conditions, including diabetes,
heart disease, stroke, cancer and hypertension. Sufficient weight loss
can improve your health, reduce your risk of developing assiciated
cinditions, and enhance your quality of life.
TAKING CONTROL OF YOUR WEIGHT
Many
obese people have tried repeatedly to lose unhealthy excess weight.
However, studies have shown that patients on diets, exercise programs.
or medication can lose approximately 10 percent of their body weight
but tend to regain two-thirds of it within 1 year, and almost all of it
within 5 years! Naturally, many continue to lokk for a new treatment
option.
Surgery can help you take control weight and your life.
The BioEnterics LAP-BAND System surgery is performed laparoscopically
by placing an inflatable band around the upper part of the stomach. The
new, small upper stomach pouch and a narrowed outlet limit the stomach
capacity and increase the felling of fulness. The following reduction
in food intake results in weight loss.
The LAP-BAND System is an
adjustable and reversible obesity surgery. It eliminates many of the
risks of other obesity surgeries, such as gastric bypass or stomach
staping. Once implanted, the band can be tightened or loosened, via the
balloon on its inner surface that can be inflated or deflated with
saline. LAP-BAND adjustments are performed in an outpatient settting in
a mtter of minutes.