By Tricitynews
Panchkula 01st July:- To Create awareness
on “Obesity & its Health Hazards” a team of Doctors from PARAS Hospitals
Panchkula, addressed the media person today. Speaking on the occasion Dr
Anupam Goel, Consultant Bariatric & Laproscopic Surgery from Paras
Superseciality Hospital Panchkula “A recent study puts an alarming 70 percent
of India’s urban population in the obese or overweight bracket taking the
country right in the middle of a fat explosion.”
Dr Anupam Goel shared that
according to a study published in the noted journal Lancet, India is just
behind US and China in this global hazard list of top 10 countries with highest
number of obese people. Also as per a recent report Obesity's global
costs hit $2 trillion a year. 30 million of India’s adult population
is either overweight or obese and 62 million diabetic Indians exhibit
unique features of obesity like excess body fat, abdominal adiposity, increased
subcutaneous( under Skin) and intra-abdominal fat, and deposition of fat in
ectopic sites (such as liver, muscle, and others). Obesity is a major driver
for the widely prevalent type-2 diabetes & Other commonly associated
diseases are Obstructive sleep apnoea, Osteoarthritis, Low self esteem,
Depression, Menstrual irregularities, Infertility, Hernias, Cancers and Heart
Failure.
Dr Anupam said that it is a common
myth that obesity is a rich man's disease. In reality, obesity is not only
caused due to over-eating but also due to adopting wrong eating habits. Therefore,
obesity can affect both rich and poor altogether.
Losing even 5-10 per cent of your
weight can delay or prevent some of the diseases discussed above. These results
can often come from fitness centers, dieticians and nutritionists. But, there
are conditions when surgery alone is the best option to deal with obesity.
Patients can undergo Bariatric surgeries that either restricts eating or
leading to decreased absorption of food that you eat. In Gastric Bypass
surgery, the capacity of the stomach is reduced by stapling the intestines to
create a smaller pocket of the stomach. These operations are done by
laparoscopy and are keyhole surgeries. Patients those who undergo
Bariatric surgery within five years of the onset of diabesity, there is a 90 to
95 per cent chance of them getting cured of both diabetes and obesity.
Dr Anupam also shared that Obesity
is rising in India. So are weight-loss surgeries. About 18,000 weight-loss
surgeries were conducted in India in 2014, up from 800 just five years ago. India’s
government now covers the cost of weight-loss surgeries for its 3 million
government employees, making the
procedure available for the not-so-rich as well.
On this occasion, Ashish Chadha,
Facility Director PARAS Hospitals Panchkula said that Diabesity
(diabetes + obesity) is prevalent in 60 per cent of diabetic patients in India,
out of which around 25-30 per cent have a high BMI index of more than 30.
Nearly half the world's adults will be overweight or obese by 2030 should
present trends continues. As the risk factors of
Obesity & Diabetes increases, so does the mortality rate. He added that the
current scenario demands an immediate emphasis be laid on preventive
healthcare. This involves raising awareness about the disease and its risk
factors. Conducting public education programmes, workshops and counseling
sessions for creating awareness at a mass level.
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