Body mass index and risk of mortality in patients undergoing bariatric surgery

Mitsakos, Anastasios; Irish, William; DeMaria, Eric J.; Pories, Walter J.; Altieri, Maria S.

doi:10.1007/s00464-022-09651-7

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“…Prevention especially and treatment of obesity is therefore now widely and critically recognized as the main priority for most healthcare governing bodies especially the WHO chapter of the United Nations [20]. The myriad of clinical implications of obesity make caring for obese patients a priority for most physicians, especially as mortality rises exponentially with increasing body weight [101,102].…”

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Obesity: A Prerequisite for Major Chronic Illnesses

Abiola Afolabi,

Zakaria,

Md. Salleh

et al. 2023

Obesity - Recent Insights and Therapeutic Options

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Obesity is rampantly soaring at an alarming rate globally and simultaneously causing an increased incidence, and predisposition to various comorbidities. obesity is body mass index of >30kg/m2, while <18kg/m2 is underweight. The world at large fails to recognize obesity as an inevitable disease that requires strict measures to control this modifiable risk factor. W.H.O news release reported that over one billion people globally are obese among which 650 million were adults, 340 million were adolescents, and 39 million were children. The lowest obesity prevalence was reported in Timor Leste at 3.80%, Bangladesh at 3.60%, and Vietnam at 2.10% while the highest were noted in Nauru at 61%, cook island at 55.9%, and Palau at 55.3%. obesity is the most prevailing health problem (15% globally) associated with an increased propensity for development of several medical illnesses, obesity-associated adverse outcomes causing fatal complications that are difficult to manage, and premature mortality. The obese often feel they are not socially cared for by society and are accorded limited time by physicians who don’t view their health concerns from their own perspectives. Thus, making them pessimistic from low self-esteem and discrimination, body shaming, and stigmatization. They eventually develop depressive-anxiety disorder because of distrust insight.

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Section: Problem Statement With Obesitymentioning

confidence: 99%