Hyderabad|India|November'2011: City based Leads Medical
Center organised a Continuous Medical Education(CME) program on Obesity
Surgical Awareness here in city. Nearly 100 doctors and patients
attended the same held at Hotel Green Park.
Speaking on the occasion Surgical Gastroenterologist and Bariatric Surgeon
Dr. Y. Krishna Mohan said Bariatric Surgery is not a mere cosmetic
surgery. It is a life saving surgery. Bariatric surgery, or weight loss
surgery, includes a variety of procedures performed on people who are
obese. Weight loss is achieved by reducing the size of the stomach with an
implanted medical device (gastric banding) or through removal of a portion
of the stomach (sleeve gastrectomy or biliopancreatic diversion with
duodenal switch) or by resecting and re-routing the small intestines to a
small stomach pouch (gastric bypass surgery) he said.
Adding further he stated that about five lakh such surgeries are performed
each year in United States of America. This trend is slowly catching up in
India. 15% of population are obese. Women are more obese than men. Andhra
Pradesh ranks 5th in the obesity in the country. Surgery is the only
solution for drastic weight loss. From less than 100 operations per year a
few years ago, there are about 10000 surgeries being performed every year
in India today informed Dr. Y. Krishna Mohan. Studies revealed that 70%
obesity can accounted for genetic factor, he said.
Replying to questions asked by participants Dr. Y. Krishna Mohan said
sweet lovers cause much harm to their health he said added that on the
average, to maintain desirable weight, men need about 2700 calories per
day and women need about 2000 calories per day. But, we add more calories
and burn less. Another biggest problem is food. We socialise by eating.
Food has a great role to play in national integration. Breakfast, lunches,
dinners and parties bring many people together to share happy feasts. We
meet over food. We enjoy over food. Our celebrations start with food and
end with food. So one needs to excercise strict diet regime. Must have
breakfast between 6 to 8am, lunch 12noon to 2pm and dinner between 6 to
8pm he said. And advised to consume lot of fibre foods such as vegetables
and fruits. And advised people to refrain from fried food, food with lot
of calories and consumption of carbohydrates.
-Nov
2011
