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When diet and exercise regimens fail, obesity surgery is the
best solution for weight loss. Bariatric or weight loss surgery
is now an approved therapeutic intervention for class II and
class III obesity, and it may correlate to improved risk for
heart disease. According to a study presented at the American
College of Cardiology's 55th Annual Scientific Session, a
team of researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota evaluated
the effect of bariatric surgery on long term cardiovascular
risk and estimated prevented outcomes.
The team completed a historical study conducted between 1990
and 2003 of 197 patients with class II-III obesity who undertook
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (sometimes referred to as
"stomach stapling"), compared to 163 control patients
enrolled in a weight reduction program. With an average follow-up
time of 3.3 years, the team recorded changes in cardiovascular
risk factors such as cholesterol levels, body mass index (BMI)
and diabetes criteria.
Obesity is related to several diseases and for overcoming
this ailment, diet pills such as Phentermine
can be beneficial upto a certain extent. Diet pills are an
effective method of short term weight loss.
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