[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For patients having trouble achieving their weight loss goals, bariatric surgery is often a viable option. Bariatric surgery, or weight-loss surgery, helps patients to boost their health and self-confidence by helping them with substantial weight loss. If you are overweight and consider the best path forward, MayClinik will help lead you to the best choice for your health needs. Here, we have presented details comparing two types of weight loss: exercise vs. bariatric surgery.
Bariatric Surgery
Depending on the particular procedure, bariatric surgery helps patients to enjoy weight loss by minimizing how much they can eat or inhibit calories consumed and reducing the body’s ability to absorb calories. Gastric sleeve surgery, for example, decreases the size of the stomach such that fewer calories are absorbed. Gastric bypass, on the other hand, includes making improvements to the stomach and small intestines such that the stomach may retain fewer calories and the small intestine cannot consume calories as quickly.
Success Rate of Bariatric Surgery
According to the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (AMSBS), patients lose significant weight in the months following their procedure. Approximately half of the bariatric patients recover around 5% of their weight loss in the two- or three-years following surgery. Longitudinal studies indicate that most patients with bariatric surgery enjoy and sustain long-term weight loss equal to or greater than 50% of excess body weight.
Weight Loss Through Exercise
Before taking bariatric surgery, patients should have tried non-surgical weight-loss approaches, namely, a balanced diet and daily exercise. Exercise not only helps to lose extra pounds, but it also has other physical and mental health benefits, such as enhancing mood and improving cardiovascular health. Despite these benefits, many patients who are overweight feel that these approaches to reducing excess body weight are ineffective.
When Bariatric Surgery Is a Better Choice?
In certain cases, losing weight as soon as possible is the best option for one’s wellbeing. People with a BMI of 40 or more or with a BMI of 35 or more with obesity-related conditions, such as diabetes, are considered morbidly obese. If you fit into this group, rapid weight loss due to bariatric surgery is superior to gradual and often futile attempts to lose weight by exercise and diet alone.
When Exercise Alone May Be a Better Choice?
The main benefit of bariatric surgery is the fast effects of its lower weight. As with every surgery, there are certain dangers associated with bariatric operations, including the creation of infection. Besides, while MayClinik Team is proud to have successful and secure bariatric procedures at reasonable rates, some people may be overburdened.
For more information on weight loss in a safe and fast way, be sure to contact our trusted bariatric surgeons and weight loss specialists. MayClinik family always here to help you![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
