siliconindia | | December 20198he popularity of obesity has increased and is now one of the leading public health concerns on a worldwide scale. Obesity is a chronic progressive disease with an excessive accumulation of body fat that might affect your health and can reduce life expectancy. Obesity is a major risk factor in the development of metabolic syndrome, elevated blood pressure, elevated blood cholesterol, and lipids, leading to heart disease and stroke.Bariatric surgery makes changes to the digestive system by restricting how much you eat in one sitting or how nutrients are absorbed by the body. It is a major procedure that is usually permanent and it requires long-term adjustments to your diet and lifestyle. It also carries an inherent risk and is generally recommended only when obese patients fail to lose weight by conservative measures, such as diet and exercise.Is Obesity to Blame for the Rising Concern of Cancer?Excess of body fatness is already recognized as an important cause of cancer and has been estimated to account for six percent of all cancers in developing countries. More than two out of three adults are considered overweight, and one out of three adults is clinically obese in India. The prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing worldwide and due to this the link between obesity and cancer is growing. Obesity rates have been rising across age groups for years and according to some recent data, almost 36 percent of adults ages 20-39 are obese, and that number may soon be even higher. Though cancer has always been hit hard to older adults but nowadays easily found in younger age groups as well. Genetic, lifestyle and health BARIATRIC SURGERY LOWERS CANCER RISK FOR SEVERELY OBESE PATIENTSTIN MY OPINIONDr. Sukhvinder Singh Saggu is a General Surgeon and Laparoscopic Surgeon in Karol Bagh, Delhi with an experience of 15 years in these fields.By Dr. Sukhvinder Singh Saggu, Department of Obesity & Metabolic Surgery, Apollo Spectra HospitalsDr. Sukhvinder Singh Saggu, Department of Obesity & Metabolic Surgery
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