Obesity

Many people suffer from obesity. A solution exists : the gastroplastie. However, much of questions remain concerning the development of this project requiring a surgical operation. This site is there to answer all your interrogations and your possible apprehensions.

What obesity ?

Today, obesity became a true phenomenon of company which touches an audience increasingly large and many. The causes of obesity are multiple: genetics, metabolic, social, related on the behavior and the psychology of the individual… These various factors can be combined and, in the absence of real prevention, it is very difficult to fight against this disease. Obesity not only handicaps its victims in their everyday life, but also decreases the life expectancy.

Obesity is determined by measuring the index of body mass or IMC. That means the ratio between the weight and the square of the size.
IMC = weight in kg / (size in meter X cuts in meter)
One speaks about overweight above 25 (a third of the French)
One speaks about obesity above 30 (10% of the French).
One speaks about morbid obesity above 35 (between 1 and 1,5% of the French).
The share of the touched population does not cease growing, in particular in the children.

Consequences of obesity.

Obesity is the second source of mortality in France. Il is estimated to cause 55000 deaths per annum. Obesity has disastrous consequences, which they are physical or morals:
- Handicap in the movements and displacements
- Respiratory Problems
- Tiredness
- Sources of many problems of health (articular sufferings, problems venous and cutaneous, turbid metabolic lipidic, cardiac diabetes, hypertension, problems, myocardial infarction, syndrome of apnea of the sleep, etc)
- Rejection of its own body image
- Feeling of rejection of the company
- Causes multiple difficulties emotional, relational and professional, which can lead to a depression
- Trap of the vicious circle: one comforts oneself in nibbling…

How to fight against obesity ?
Which are the suitable treatments ?

The hunger is an instinct of the Man intended to enable him to provide for its vital needs. However, it can be transformed into palliative to calm a frustration, to mislead the trouble or to fill an existential vacuum… And there : danger! To appease this impulse does not solve of anything the initial problem, and the victim continues to feed more than of reason, catch to the trap as one can be to it alcohol, cigarette or drugs. Obesity settles then gradually…

The modes can seem the healthiest solution, but few obese succeed in preserving the benefit of a mode sometimes long, painful and exhausting. The surgery is another solution, whose effectiveness is certain long-term, and the incomparably better results, with losses of points much more important. The surgery is also a simple remedy and imparable to fight against the morbid hunger mentioned above. Several types of interventions are possible such as : installation of a simple gastric ring which does not modify of anything the digestive system patient, while eliminating his irrational desires, source of its discomfort. The great effectiveness of this technique involves important and fast behavioral modifications, from where utility of a personalized psychological framing.