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Surgical Weight Loss in Ormond Beach, Florida

Obesity can be a degenerative and debilitating disease. The increase in chronic health conditions caused by obesity is similar to that seen in 20 years of aging. The American Obesity Association reports that obese individuals have a 50-100 percent increased risk of death as compared to normal weight individuals, with 300,000 to 587,000 deaths per year from obesity related illnesses.  This substantial increase in health risks had made obesity the second leading cause of preventable death in the United States. The risks for developing the top five leading causes of death in the U.S. are significantly increased by being obese.

Surgical weight loss, or bariatric surgery, is widely recognized by leading medical organizations as the most effective therapy available for morbid obesity and can result in improvement or complete resolution of obesity related health problems.

Weight loss surgery is divided into three categories based on how the procedure works to achieve weight loss. The categories are used for surgical weight loss are: 

RESTRICTIVE: reduces the amount of food the stomach can hold but doesn't interfere with normal digestion of food and nutrients.

MALABSORPTIVE: shortens the digestive tract to limit the number of calories and nutrients that can be absorbed.

COMBINATION: restricts the amount of food the stomach can hold and reduces the number of calories absorbed by altering the digestive tract.

LAP-BAND^® System for Surgical Weight Loss at Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center

Modern surgical weight loss techniques are confined to surgeries that fall into the restrictive or combination categories.  Each type of weight loss surgery category has advantages and disadvantages. At Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center's Surgical Weight Loss program we specialize in bariatric surgery using the LAP-BAND System which is a restrictive procedure.

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