According to World Health Organization data, 1.4 billion people in the world over the age of 20 are overweight, and 200 million men and 300 million women have problems due to obesity. In other words, 10% of the world's population is considered obese. According to TÜİK data, 34.8 percent of individuals over the age of 15 in Turkey are overweight and 17.2 percent are obese.
Obesity causes an increased risk of death because it causes many health problems. Every year, 3.4 million people die due to health problems related to overweight or obesity. In addition, in overweight and obese people, Type 2 Diabetes is 44% more common, ischemic heart disease is 23% more common, and some types of cancer are 7% to 44% more common. It has been shown that obesity causes esophagus, colon, uterus, kidney and breast cancer in post-menopausal women.
In addition to being a very important health problem in itself, obesity also causes many diseases. Hypertension (high blood pressure), diabetes (diabetes mellitus), high cholesterol level, cardiovascular diseases, heart attack and stroke are among the diseases accompanied by obesity. Obesity, which also paves the way for sleep apnea, snoring, asthma, reflux disease, gallbladder stone diseases and joint disorders; It also seriously affects fertility by causing polycystic ovary syndrome and menstrual irregularities.
Obesity seriously impairs a person's quality of life, forcing them to struggle with multiple health problems at the same time, and also affects the person psychologically. .
At this point, one of the diseases caused by obesity is depression.
EARLY TREATMENT AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN OBESITY
At the earliest stage of obesity, the most Effective and permanent treatment completely eliminates all existing or possible risks.
At the same time, these problems can be completely resolved when implemented voluntarily along with changing lifestyle, healthy and low-calorie personalized nutrition and exercise programs.
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If this order is maintained, this improvement will continue to be maintained.
However, almost one in every ten patients with obesity or morbid obesity will achieve this success. can. The remaining nine people either cannot comply with these diets or gain back the weight they lost in less than a year.
Those who have tried non-surgical (exercise, diet) practices but have not been successful or have regained the weight they lost, By interviewing candidates who meet the surgery criteria, the method options in obesity surgery are evaluated and the appropriate method is determined.
CHARACTERISTICS OF OBESITY SURGERY? WHAT ARE THE CHANGES THAT OCCUR IN THE PERSON AFTER SURGERY?
The majority of patients lose 50-70% of their pre-operative excess weight within the first year. 75% of problems such as hypertension, diabetes, joint problems, high cholesterol and sleep apnea that develop due to obesity are resolved or completely disappear after surgery. It is a great chance to get rid of this disease or problem. Patients often feel like they are back to life. In addition, patients who have been disconnected or distant from social life due to obesity return to their social lives.
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