Treating Obesity
What are the Treatments for Obesity?
If you wish to lose weight and maintain weight loss long term, it is important to modify your diet and be involved in physical activities to lose excess weight.
Weight loss is about burning more calories than you consume. In other words, energy out must be greater than energy in. If you don't use the energy you put into your body as food, then it will be stored, often as fat.
There are many options available to help you lose weight and to treat Obesity including:
- Non-surgical methods such as diet, exercise and behaviour modification
- Anti-Obesity Medications such as Mounjaro, Wegovy, Ozempic, Saxenda and Trulicity
- Surgical methods such as Gastric sleeve and Gastric Bypass procedures
In order to make an informed decision about which treatment is right for you, it is important to consult your GP and a specialist to make a thorough assessment and to discuss which options are best suited for treating your Obesity. Everyone is different and what suits one may not suit all.
Non-Surgical Weight Loss Options
As anyone who has tried to lose weight will know, there are many non-surgical weight loss options available, and most people will often have tried more than one method of weight loss.
The
Non-Surgical options available for those wanting to treat their Obesity are:
- Diet - Healthy eating habits
- Behavioural Modification - Therapy teaching techniques to alter eating and physical behaviours
- Exercise - Physical activity helps to control your weight by using excess calories that otherwise would be stored as fat
- Medications - Most available weight-loss medications are "appetite-suppressant" medications. Appetite-suppressant medications promote weight loss by decreasing appetite or increasing the feeling of being full. Prescription weight-loss medications should be used only when there is increased medical risk because of your weight and not for cosmetic reasons. As with any prescription medications, there are side effects and these medications should only be prescribed and monitored by a trained GP or specialist.
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Surgical Weight Loss Options
Surgical Weight Loss Options such as the Gastric Sleeve, Gastric Band, Gastric Balloon and Gastric Bypass have been practiced in Australia for many years now and have been proven to decrease your chance of obesity-related health risks & co-morbidities, improve overall health and have long lasting weight loss results.
Weight Loss Surgery for Obesity promotes weight loss as it changes the normal digestive process by decreasing the quantity and or absorption of nutrients and thereby reducing the calorie intake.
For those who have been unsuccessful in maintaining their weight loss by trying all non-surgical Weight Loss options, then it is highly recommended that you discuss Surgical Weight Loss options with a qualified specialist, such as Dr Michael Hatzifotis.
It is important that you discuss Weight Loss surgical options with a qualified surgeon to properly assess your medical history, to discuss whether you are a candidate for surgery and which procedure would be best suited to you and the benefits these procedures will have to your overall health long term.
Dr Michael Hatzifotis is a specialised surgeon who has performed more than 5,000 weight loss procedures and not only provides patients with the most current surgical advances in Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery but he also trains other doctors (as the Chair of Education & Training with ANZMOSS - Australian & New Zealand Metabolic & Obesity Surgery Society) to ensure the highest of standards are maintained.
He works closely together with a Multi-Disciplinary Team of Dietitians, Psychologists, Endocrinologists and a General Practitioner to provide patients with ongoing comprehensive medical treatment & management of Obesity.
Currently, the
Surgical Weight loss procedures most commonly performed by Dr Michael Hatzifotis are the
Gastric Sleeve and
Gastric Bypass.
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Non-Surgical VS Surgical Weight Loss Options
While Non-Surgical Weight Loss methods can work, more than 95% of people regain the weight they lose within a few years as they find it too difficult to adhere to diets and exercise programs or too costly to continue with medications.
There have been landmark studies published highlighting the overall health benefits of Surgical Weight Loss procedures and comparing these to Non-Surgical options.
Numerous Research studies throughout the world have compared non-surgical methods (dieting & exercise alone) with surgical methods and have proven Weight Loss Surgery to be the most effective and sustainable method of weight loss.
