Weight Loss

Obesity is taking over America, resulting in people taking extreme measures to try and lose weight. Millions of people are overweight and obese and are at risk of major health problems. The more body fat and weight that a person has to carry on themselves, the more risks they have. In this day and age people want to lose weight as fast as possible either naturally or surgically.
Your weight is the result of many different factors. Some of these factors include family history and genetics, your environment, behavior or habits and your metabolism. We cannot change our genetics but we can change our lifestyle habits. Weight loss medicines and surgery are options for people if lifestyle changes are not enough.
There are so many resources to lose weight naturally today, but what is too much? People have gone to the extremes to lose weight. A lot of different diets advertise how quickly the person will lose weight but do not explain the health risks and consequences of the diet or product that they may be selling.
Eating healthy ensures that we get the right vitamins, nutrients, and minerals that our bodies need to stay healthy. Healthy eating is a great way to prevent and control health problems such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and even some cancers. Diets on the other hand are temporary, people give up so much when you diet that they may always end up thinking about food or feeling hungry the majority of the time. Once a diet is over, people tend to usually overeat to make up for what they missed.
For the more serious cases of obesity, people may choose bariatric surgery. Bariatric surgery is major, even with advanced surgical techniques that are used. The surgery requires general anesthesia, at least two to four days of hospitalization, and a few weeks of physical recovery. There are three common surgeries chosen today; gastric bypass, gastric sleeve, and the lap band. All three of the surgeries have similar benefits but different consequences. The most invasive of the three surgeries is the gastric bypass surgery. All surgeries have risks of infection of the incision, internal bleeding, internal leaking, and dumping syndrome. Bariatric surgery patients later down the line can develop vitamin deficiencies, formation of ulcers in the intestines and even hair loss.
Even with all of the health risks that can be caused by bariatric surgeries, people still choose to take the risks in a desperate attempt to lose weight. There are many benefits to bariatric surgery. Bariatric surgery is a quick way to lose weight because it reduces the size of the stomach so the patient will feel fuller faster and not be able to have as much calorie intake. Improvements in health, quality of life.