Stomach surgery obesity result back to files

Most people never reach after a stomach operation really normal weight (with a BMI of 25 or less). The weight loss is usually sufficient to improve the quality of life. A realistic expectation is that you will no longer suffer for the rest of your life have severe obesity (a BMI of 35 or more).

The first two years the average weight loss will be about one kilo per week. After one to two years is usually achieved the maximum weight loss. In the long term is the result of a stomach reduction average 25 percent weight loss. When the gastric band is 15 percent.
These rapid results may be a good incentive to change your life. It is important that you remain adequate exercise and watch your diet. This also improves your chances to live longer (healthy) life. You also have less trouble with the consequences of obesity, such as cardiovascular disease or gout.

Effect on diabetes

Earlier we discussed the effect of diabetes. By stomach surgery there is a chance that you have less or no medication or insulin need. How exactly to explain, is still unclear. In general, one devoted to the effect on diabetes attributable to the following:

(If you stick to the rules, then) you get fewer calories a day in which also your body needs to process less sugar.
Losing weight has always been a positive for type 2 diabetes.
The sleeve- stomach reduction has the additional beneficial effect that it is much faster and more powerful than it works to lose weight.

Proper stomach operation at appropriate person

For a good result it is important the proper stomach operation is used for the right person. In general, the results of the stomach reduction are better than those of the sleeve- stomach reduction and the gastric band. However, this is difficult to predict in advance. Usually a gastric band less effective in people who are overweight by frequently to assumption of sweets, fatty foods, alcohol frisdrankenof. On the other hand, is the placement of a gastric band and an easier operation than the performance of a gastric bypass, with also a lower risk of death. A duodenal switch usually has a better effect than a gastric bypass, only the side effects (particularly the vitamins and nutrients deficiency) more severe. This operation is therefore only performed at a select group of people.