All the health problems described under the topic Health
Risks of Morbid Obesity stem from one medical condition: severe obesity.
Instead of treating each illness separately, we treat the basis of the problem.
All bariatric surgeons have repeatedly seen a striking improvement in many obesity-associated
health problems, as indicated in the table below.
| Co- Morbidity |
Resolved/Cured (%) |
Improved (%) |
| Hypertension |
92% |
100% |
| High Cholesterol |
70% |
85% |
| Diabetes |
95% |
100% |
| Degenerative Arthritis |
90% |
100% |
| Sleep Apnea Syndrome |
98% |
100% |
| Urinary Stress Incontinence |
97% |
100% |
| Gastroesophageal Reflux |
98% |
100% |
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Many medications that a person is taking before the operation for their associated medical
problems is usually stopped or cut down to a fraction, after the surgery.
The most amazing result is that many patients with diabetes, whether they are taking pills
or insulin, are off of all their medications with a normal blood sugar
level within days after their operation.
All of this is evidence that weight-loss from surgery is not just cosmetic,
but significantly reduces the risk of death.
*Wittgrove AC and Clark GW. "Laparoscopic gastric bypass, Roux-en-Y- 500 patients:
technique and results, with 3-60 month follow-up". Obesity Surgery. 2000;10:233.
Pories WJ et al. "Who would have thought it? An operation proves to be the
most effective therapy for adult-onset diabetes mellitus". Ann. Surg.
1995;222:339.
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