It Could be Fatal: Take Care of Your Obesity Problem Today!
18 / 09 / 13
Bariatric Surgery
It’s easy to think of being overweight as a fact of life. Perhaps you’ve tried a lot of diets over the years. Perhaps you’ve lost weight, only to regain it and then lose it again. Perhaps you’ve finally come to accept your obesity problem as part of who you are.
Don’t do it. There is good data available indicating that your obesity could literally kill you.
Your obesity problem isn’t just a condition: obesity is a chronic and serious disease, and it can bring along other weight-related diseases as well. In fact, people with an obesity problem have a lower life expectancy than normal-weight people, with a risk of premature death that’s 50 to 100 percent higher!
Your obesity puts you at risk from:
- Type 2 diabetes
- Arthritis and other joint problems
- High blood pressure
- Heart disease
- Cancer (breast, uterine, colon)
- Digestive disorders
- Sleep apnoea and asthma
- Depression
- Pregnancy and fertility problems
- Urinary incontinence
- Gall bladder problems
Taking care of your obesity problem means taking care of your general health. It means taking care of your family, of your future, and of your quality of life.
You were right about the diets; research has shown that less than five percent of patients in weight-loss programmes maintain their weight loss after five years.
If you are serious about tackling your obesity problem, then it is time you considered surgical or non-surgical treatment options, such as a gastric balloon procedure or gastric band or bypass surgery.