If you are struggling with severe obesity and suffering from related health conditions, Oakwood’s Bariatric Options can help!
According to current statistical surveys, United States obesity rates continue maintaining very high levels. Approximately 11-15 million Americans are estimated to be morbidly obese. As a result, statistics on bariatric weight reduction operations like Lap-band and gastric bypass indicate the demand for weight loss surgery.
Obesity is a debilitating disease of the mind, body and spirit. It has become a way of life something that diets, medication and exercise cannot change. Now there is an answer, weight loss surgery. Oakwood’s Bariatric Options offers a surgical solution that is proven effective, will change your life, and reduce the risk of developing life-threatening diseases such as diabetes, cancer and heart attacks.
Bariatrics is the field of medicine that focuses on the treatment and control of obesity and diseases associated with obesity such as diabetes, cancer and heart attacks.
Bariatric surgery is designed to reduce obesity by limiting the amount of food a person can eat. Some bariatric surgeries (eg. lap band) achieve this by reducing the size of the stomach size alone. Other surgeries (eg. roux-en-Y gastric bypass) go one step further. As well as reducing stomach volume, they also reduce the length of the small intestine. This constitutes a further alteration of the digestive tract and adds the possibility of making fats and sugars difficult to eat.