Emphasizing that "healthy diet and regular exercise habits" are the basis of the weight loss process in obesity treatment, Endocrinologist Prof. Dr. Emre Bozkırlı said, “The treatment methods that are touted as incredible should be avoided. Supplements that are claimed to be harmless-herbal, but whose content is unknown, may pose a life-threatening risk.
Endocrinology Specialist Prof. Dr. Emre Bozkırlı said that obesity, which he briefly defined as "abnormal or excessive accumulation of adipose tissue at a level that would impair health in the body", has emerged as a serious public health problem with an increasing incidence in recent years all over the world and in our country.
Prof. Dr. Bozkırlı stated that with the modern lifestyle, the shift of edibles and drinks to processed, high-calorie foods and the tendency of the society to an inactive lifestyle are the main culprits of this situation. He underlined that the disease has a close relationship with metabolic disorders such as hypertension, diabetes, high blood lipids, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory system problems, fatty liver, back-hip and knee joint problems and even many types of cancer. He stated that a very significant improvement can be achieved by losing weight in all these negative pictures, therefore it is important to raise awareness in the society and fight obesity.
"The basis of treatment is healthy nutrition and regular exercise"
p>Prof. Dr. Bozkırlı underlined that in the treatment of the disease, individuals with weight problems should be evaluated by an experienced physician and examined in terms of health problems, especially hormonal diseases, which will explain this situation. He emphasized that healthy eating and regular exercise habits are the basis of the treatment after receiving appropriate doctor's recommendations in terms of conditions that prevent weight loss. Stating that Prof. Dr. Bozkırlı said, “Except for all these methods, patients with advanced weight problems are excluded. Surgical interventions for obesity may be beneficial in weight loss in some of them, which have been shown to be appropriate after the evaluations made.” Noting that patients who are dissatisfied and who start weight loss treatments under expert control, a great deal of success has been achieved in terms of weight loss with the initial motivation. Dr. Bozkırlı said, “However, one of the most important factors in the treatment of the disease is sustainability, and most of the patients start to gain weight again with loss of motivation over time and return to their old weight. In addition, while the hormones that increase the feeling of hunger as a defense mechanism of the body increase with weight loss in all people, the hormones that cause the feeling of satiety decrease and the body becomes prone to gain weight again by slowing down the metabolic rate.
" It is more difficult to maintain the weight lost.” Dr. Bozkırlı said, “However, if we are to ask whether it is more difficult to lose weight or to maintain the lost weight, we should know that the lost weight can regain weight with the body's defense mechanisms and the loss of healthy eating and movement habits over time. In other words, maintaining the lost weight seems much more difficult than the initial weight loss. When we look at the common characteristics of our patients who maintain their weight loss; We see that there are individuals who have high willpower, do not lose their diet and exercise discipline, and have made healthy eating and movement their daily natural lives.” Emphasizing that it is "to focus on", Prof. Dr. Bozkırlı said: “The building blocks of treatment should be the acquisition of healthy eating habits and healthy movement habits that can be sustained throughout life. Since the weight problem does not occur in a short time, but occurs over time, treatment methods that are touted as short-term incredible should be avoided. Claimed to be harmless-herbal but internal Inappropriate interventions such as the use of supplements recommended by people who are not known or not doctors should not be considered because they can cause life-threatening health problems.”
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