Welcome to our Health Resource Pages. Here you will find updates on the latest advances in bariatric surgery along with practical advice on dealing with issues related to surgical weight loss procedures.
You don't have to be a nutrition expert to ensure your diet includes all of the essential vitamins and minerals. Just add an item from each of the fruit and vegetable color groups to your plate and you'll be receiving the best nutrition nature has to offer.
If you are finding it difficult to maintain your commitment to important post surgical lifestyle changes, you are experiencing a common problem. By the fifth year after surgery, over half of bariatric patients report their level of compliance with lifestyle guidelines as fair or poor. When compared to the 91 percent that reported they were very compliant in the first year, it is clear that as time goes by, it takes with it much of our motivation and resolve.
Successful weight loss generally means making changes in the way we live and the health choices that we make each day. When things are going well, sticking with these behavioral changes is usually manageable. However, when the going gets tough, our new behaviors may give way to old habits and we find ourselves struggling with setbacks in our journey to a healthier weight. Often, there is so much emphasis on winning in our lives that it is hard to recognize there is just as much to learn from setbacks as there is from success.
Many of the benefits we get from exercise are similar to the effects of some prescription medicines. Exercise can fight stress, relieve depression, strengthen bones, and improve the immune system. But, like any prescription medicine, it has to be taken in a measured dose and repeated regularly to work.
Weight loss surgery is the most successful and hence the most popular method for treating morbid obesity. Owing to its popularity, many severely overweight people mistakenly view surgery as a cure for their weight problems and any other woes. In reality, weight loss procedures are powerful tools that greatly improve the likelihood that morbidly obese people will be able to lose a significant amount of weight and keep it off in the long term. But weight loss surgery is not a cure-all. Surgical patients' attitudes and willingness to make lifestyle changes determines their success.
You may have seen magazine headlines touting "Surgery Without Scars" or "Weight Loss Surgery Without Incisions" and wondered if such things were possible. These claims are true. Significant technological advances have led to new and safer procedures for a variety of medical procedures including weight loss surgeries.
Once people decide to have bariatric surgery, one of their first concerns is how to pay for it. If you have health insurance, begin by learning as much as you can about the benefits your policy provides, and then follow the company's qualification process to the letter.
Laparoscopic surgery, sometimes called minimally invasive surgery (MLS), keyhole surgery, or band aid surgery, refers to surgical procedures performed in the abdomen through several small incisions (roughly a quarter to a half inch in length) rather than the one larger incision (typically 6-8 inches in length) used in traditional operative techniques.
You don't have to be a nutrition expert to ensure your diet includes all of the essential vitamins and minerals. Just add an item from each of the fruit and vegetable color groups to your plate and you'll be receiving the best nutrition nature has to offer.
If you are finding it difficult to maintain your commitment to important post surgical lifestyle changes, you are experiencing a common problem. By the fifth year after surgery, over half of bariatric patients report their level of compliance with lifestyle guidelines as fair or poor. When compared to the 91 percent that reported they were very compliant in the first year, it is clear that as time goes by, it takes with it much of our motivation and resolve.
Successful weight loss generally means making changes in the way we live and the health choices that we make each day. When things are going well, sticking with these behavioral changes is usually manageable. However, when the going gets tough, our new behaviors may give way to old habits and we find ourselves struggling with setbacks in our journey to a healthier weight. Often, there is so much emphasis on winning in our lives that it is hard to recognize there is just as much to learn from setbacks as there is from success.
Many of the benefits we get from exercise are similar to the effects of some prescription medicines. Exercise can fight stress, relieve depression, strengthen bones, and improve the immune system. But, like any prescription medicine, it has to be taken in a measured dose and repeated regularly to work.
Once people decide to have bariatric surgery, one of their first concerns is how to pay for it. If you have health insurance, begin by learning as much as you can about the benefits your policy provides, and then follow the company's qualification process to the letter.
Laparoscopic surgery, sometimes called minimally invasive surgery (MLS), keyhole surgery, or band aid surgery, refers to surgical procedures performed in the abdomen through several small incisions (roughly a quarter to a half inch in length) rather than the one larger incision (typically 6-8 inches in length) used in traditional operative techniques.