We are all aware that increased weight, especially obesity, heightens the likelihood of developing health issues, such as heart disease or diabetes . ‘There's some evidence that obesity it self can increase the likelihood of serious complications from a coronavirus infection. One study of more than 5200 infected people included 35 percent who were obese. ’
The study below in the link www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/oby.22819 shows the importance of maintaining normal weight for neurological health and also suggest that the detrimental effects of overweight/obesity may extend beyond the duration of overweight/obesity itself.
King et al published the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery-2 (LABS-2) study online April 4 2019 in Annals of Surgery.
Dr Dhan Thiruchelvam has performed the first Flex Dex assisted bariatric case in Australia outside of the centres of Sydney and Melbourne. Due to his robotic training and experience with the technology in the USA, he was one of a select group of bariatric surgeons chosen to help introduce this technology.
IF obesity was treated as a chronic disease, it could save billions of dollars in health care costs and productivity, a Hunter obesity surgeon says.
The Newcastle Herald has previously reported the Hunter is home to some of the fattest suburbs in NSW, with Raymond Terrace and Scone claiming the dubious honour of having 70.8 per cent of its adults recorded as overweight or obese.
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