Obesity surgery

What is Obesity - Obesity is an excess of total body fat which increases the body weight and results in major health risks.

How can one identify he/she is obese? A measurement Body Mass Index is used to check whether he/she is obese and the type of obesity they are suffering from. BMI value can be checked with help of BMI calculator

What are the types of Obesity - obesity can be classified based on the body mass index value.

BMI value < 18.5 Underweight

BMI value between 18.5 - 25  - Normal weight

BMI value between 25.0 - 30  - Overweight

BMI value greater than 30            - Obese

BMI value greater than 35            - Severe Obesity

BMI value greater than 40            - Morbid Obesity

BMI value greater than 50            - Super obese

What are the causes of obesity - Obesity can be caused by various factors. It can be caused due to eating disorders, the psychological factors affecting you or it may be inherited from your parents.

Obesity Treatment - Is there possibilities to treat obesity. What are risks involved with the treatment?

Obesity can be treated either non-surgically or surgically. Non-surgical options include diet, exercise. A new non-surgical treatment has evolved in recent years Bioenterics Intragastric Balloon. (www.bibasia.in

There are also surgical options available to treat obesity. Obesity patients who have already tried with diet, exercise and failed to lose weight consider weight loss surgery as their last resort.

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Obesity Surgery Society

Obesity Surgery Society of Australia & New Zealand (www.ossanz.com.au) providing the highest quality obesity services in Australia and New Zealand with its highly qualified bariatric weight loss surgeons.

OSSANZ started by professionals who are interested in morbid obesity treatment and were involved in many research projects for developing this type of surgery. With around 15 bariatric and weight loss management professionals OSSANZ has been striving for the advancement of the obesity surgery and management.

OSSANZ is involved with a medical research ? ?SELF-PERCEPTIONS AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING AMONG LAP BAND PATIENTS?

OSSANZ educates people on obesity, causes of obesity and the surgical options available to treat obesity.

Obesity is emerging as a health epidemic around the world. The death rate of obesity and overweight is increasing. Obesity patients are trying to find out the best remedy for their health issues. Obesity surgery is considered as the last resort for overweight. Not all obesity patients are treated surgically. Patients who have their body mass index value > 40 (Morbidly obese) are treated with obesity surgery.

Though there are more types of obesity surgery to lose weight like gastric bypass, Bilio pancreatic diversion, tube gastrectomy obesity patients prefer Laparoscopic gastric banding surgery (Lap band system) since it is minimally invasive procedure and is the only reversible weight loss surgery.

www.ossanz.com.au website helps you to search obesity surgeons, lap band surgeons in Australia and New Zealand