You
can beat obesity |
Yes, obesity can be treated. But it involves more than just swallowing a pill or sticking to a diet. It needs multi-disciplinary specialists working together: dietician, endocrinologist, psychologist, physician, cardiologist and bariatric surgeon. |
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| The treatment is tailor-made to meet the needs of the individual: |
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Psychological support |
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Diet and behavioral therapy |
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Pharmacotherapy |
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Obesity Surgery |
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If you are morbidly obese and have tried other treatments without success, you might explore the surgical option with our team. Surgery with behavioral modification, is currently the only proven method of achieving long-term weight loss.
The first of its kind was done by the team of LifeLine Hospitals in September 1997. Till date they have performed more than 100 of such successful procedures and have the largest series in south India. |
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OBESITY
SURERGY: A worthy consideration: |
| You are eligible for obesity surgery if: |
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Your BMI is over 40 or above |
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Your BMI is 35 or above with related health conditions |
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| Some obesity surgery options are: |
Gastric
Banding: |
A soft band is placed around the stomach shaping it like an hourglass. This reduces the amount of food you can consume at one time and makes you fee full sooner and for a longer time. You therefore eat less and lose weight. |
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Sleever
gastrectomy: |
The size of the stomach is reduced in this technique by cutting it like a tube-also known as a “hockey stick). This reduces the size of the stomach and the hunger, which makes you feel full with lesser quantity of food and subsequently makes you lose weight. |
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Gastric
by-pass: |
| The size of the stomach is reduced and the digestion process altered. You will: |
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Reduce the amount of food you eat at any one meal |
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Absorb less of the food you do eat |
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Become intolerant to food you should avoid (concentrated sugar and fats) |
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| Alternative Procedures: |
Two other alternative procedures are available where the accent is not on weight loss, but on contouring the body surface by reducing the excess from few sites, thus reducing the weight by 6-8 kgs. |
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Liposuction: |
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It is the least invasive and is done by sucking out the from arms, thighs, buttocks and lower abdomen after melting it though tiny holes. The advantage is that it’s a day care procedure with faster recovery. |
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Abdominoplasty: |
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Famously called as “Tummy Tuck” is meant for persons with flabby belly. By this method all excess fat tissue are knocked off and associated hernia is also repaired. |
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Weight
Loss Procedures: |
| Bariatric surgery, also known as weight loss surgery, refers to the various surgical procedures performed to treat obesity by modification of the gastrointestinal tract to reduce nutrient intake and/or absorption. |
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Weight Loss Procedures |
Fully inclusive stay in private room & meals (Days) |
| Gastric Bypass Surgery |
10 |
| Sleeve Gastrectomy |
10 |
| Abdominoplasty |
5 |
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Attending Doctor/Surgeon's fees, nursing, material cost, pre and post procedure consultations, tests and physical examination. |
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Medical surgical procedure hospital costs |
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Physiotherapy during hospital stay. |
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All ancillary medical surgical staff |
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All medications, medical supplies and drugs used during the in-patient hospital stay. |
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Room fees for a private air conditioned room. Notes...Room includes bathroom, TV, telephone. Room includes accommodations for one guest. |
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All diagnostic tests, laboratory, radiology etc. before and after the procedure as required for the procedure and as advised by the attending physician/surgeon |
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| Know yourself better: |
| First thing you need to do is to find out whether or not you are overweight, and if you are, by how much? There is a tried and trusted method for doing this: the body mass index (BMI), which expresses the ratio between a person’s body weight and their height. |
| Determine your BMI: |
BMI = kg/m² |
Kg – Body weight in Kilograms |
m² – height in meter square |
| Ht (Ft) |
4’6” |
4’7” |
4’8” |
4’9” |
4’10” |
4’11” |
5’0” |
5’1” |
5’2” |
5’3” |
5’4” |
5’5” |
| Ht (m²) |
1.88 |
1.95 |
2.02 |
2.09 |
2.16 |
2.24 |
2.31 |
2.39 |
2.46 |
2.58 |
2.66 |
2.77 |
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| Ht (Ft) |
5’6” |
5’7” |
5’8” |
5’9” |
5’10” |
5’11” |
6’0” |
6’1” |
6’2” |
6’3” |
6’4” |
6’5” |
| Ht (m²) |
2.82 |
2.91 |
2.99 |
3.08 |
3.17 |
3.26 |
3.35 |
3.44 |
3.53 |
3.63 |
3.72 |
3.83 |
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| Classification BMI |
Normal Weight |
Over Weight |
Obese |
Super Obese |
Morbidly Obese |
| 19-24.9 |
25-29.9 |
30-34.9 |
35-39.9 |
>40 |
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