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“Lap Band … my life changed dramatically for the better” – Sheila Kaye ~ Medical Tourism Facilitator On my 67th birthday, my life changed dramatically. On that day, I was in the hospital resting comfortably and recovering from the adjustable gastric band surgery (“Lapband”) I underwent the day before. I had been fighting obesity all of […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) experts recommend only 5% of the daily calorific intake to be derived from sugar. Though the WHO experts are of the view that the 5% cap on sugar intake is a little challenging, they do opine that keeping one’s sugar intake restricted to the recommended figures will keep a check […]

As per a report published by the organization Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD), if the current trends of rise in the rate of obesity continue, then the cost related to obesity would quadruple to $344 billion in 2018. If the current trends are to continue, obesity is set to gulp down nearly 43% of […]

As per the Overseas Development Institute, the overweight and obese population in the developed countries of the world has increased four times to 1 billion from 1980. Also, on a worldwide basis, the percentage of adults with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25 or more (who are classified as overweight) increased to 34% in […]

Patients who underwent gastric bypass surgery but have started gaining weight a few years after the procedure need not despair because of the availability of gastric bypass revision options in the form of a relatively new revision bariatric surgery called StomaphyX. StomaphyX helps them lose weight once again. Gastric Bypass Revision Before & After Patients undergo Gastric Bypass […]

Obesity is one of the most visible of chronic health conditions and has become an epidemic today. Between half and two-thirds of men and women in 63 countries across five continents – not including the US – were overweight or obese in 2006. (Overweight is BMI > 25 , obese is BMI > 30). What is […]

Laparascopic adjustable gastric band surgery for teens (adolescent & children under 16 years) is currently not approved by the US FDA. It is true that teen weight loss surgery is a new option and statistics are only now becoming available on this, but till date the results of children having weight loss surgery look very […]

There are many lap band pre-surgery diet options, but one common diet recommendation is to help the liver shrink. A smaller liver helps the surgeon perform the surgery easily. If the liver is too large, the surgery may have to be postponed. Below is a diet recommended by one of our network hospitals before a […]

“Lap Band … my life changed dramatically for the better” – Sheila Kaye ~ Medical Tourism Facilitator On my 67th birthday, my life changed dramatically. On that day, I was in the hospital resting comfortably and recovering from the adjustable gastric band surgery (“Lapband”) I underwent the day before. I had been fighting obesity all of […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) experts recommend only 5% of the daily calorific intake to be derived from sugar. Though the WHO experts are of the view that the 5% cap on sugar intake is a little challenging, they do opine that keeping one’s sugar intake restricted to the recommended figures will keep a check […]

As per a report published by the organization Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD), if the current trends of rise in the rate of obesity continue, then the cost related to obesity would quadruple to $344 billion in 2018. If the current trends are to continue, obesity is set to gulp down nearly 43% of […]

As per the Overseas Development Institute, the overweight and obese population in the developed countries of the world has increased four times to 1 billion from 1980. Also, on a worldwide basis, the percentage of adults with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25 or more (who are classified as overweight) increased to 34% in […]

Patients who underwent gastric bypass surgery but have started gaining weight a few years after the procedure need not despair because of the availability of gastric bypass revision options in the form of a relatively new revision bariatric surgery called StomaphyX. StomaphyX helps them lose weight once again. Gastric Bypass Revision Before & After Patients undergo Gastric Bypass […]

Obesity is one of the most visible of chronic health conditions and has become an epidemic today. Between half and two-thirds of men and women in 63 countries across five continents – not including the US – were overweight or obese in 2006. (Overweight is BMI > 25 , obese is BMI > 30). What is […]

Laparascopic adjustable gastric band surgery for teens (adolescent & children under 16 years) is currently not approved by the US FDA. It is true that teen weight loss surgery is a new option and statistics are only now becoming available on this, but till date the results of children having weight loss surgery look very […]

There are many lap band pre-surgery diet options, but one common diet recommendation is to help the liver shrink. A smaller liver helps the surgeon perform the surgery easily. If the liver is too large, the surgery may have to be postponed. Below is a diet recommended by one of our network hospitals before a […]

“Lap Band … my life changed dramatically for the better” – Sheila Kaye ~ Medical Tourism Facilitator On my 67th birthday, my life changed dramatically. On that day, I was in the hospital resting comfortably and recovering from the adjustable gastric band surgery (“Lapband”) I underwent the day before. I had been fighting obesity all of […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) experts recommend only 5% of the daily calorific intake to be derived from sugar. Though the WHO experts are of the view that the 5% cap on sugar intake is a little challenging, they do opine that keeping one’s sugar intake restricted to the recommended figures will keep a check […]

As per a report published by the organization Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD), if the current trends of rise in the rate of obesity continue, then the cost related to obesity would quadruple to $344 billion in 2018. If the current trends are to continue, obesity is set to gulp down nearly 43% of […]

As per the Overseas Development Institute, the overweight and obese population in the developed countries of the world has increased four times to 1 billion from 1980. Also, on a worldwide basis, the percentage of adults with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25 or more (who are classified as overweight) increased to 34% in […]

Patients who underwent gastric bypass surgery but have started gaining weight a few years after the procedure need not despair because of the availability of gastric bypass revision options in the form of a relatively new revision bariatric surgery called StomaphyX. StomaphyX helps them lose weight once again. Gastric Bypass Revision Before & After Patients undergo Gastric Bypass […]

Obesity is one of the most visible of chronic health conditions and has become an epidemic today. Between half and two-thirds of men and women in 63 countries across five continents – not including the US – were overweight or obese in 2006. (Overweight is BMI > 25 , obese is BMI > 30). What is […]

Laparascopic adjustable gastric band surgery for teens (adolescent & children under 16 years) is currently not approved by the US FDA. It is true that teen weight loss surgery is a new option and statistics are only now becoming available on this, but till date the results of children having weight loss surgery look very […]

There are many lap band pre-surgery diet options, but one common diet recommendation is to help the liver shrink. A smaller liver helps the surgeon perform the surgery easily. If the liver is too large, the surgery may have to be postponed. Below is a diet recommended by one of our network hospitals before a […]

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