Conference Bariatric surgery and Bone 05.08.1399

Obesity

•   an important and increasing public health issue worldwide.
•   The prevalence of obesity in the US:  exceeding 30% for most age and sex groups.
•  prevalence of morbid obesity in the united states : more than 5% of the population 
•  Approximately 2.8 million deaths/year are reported as a result of being overweight or obese (cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, musculoskeletal disorders and cancers).

 Bariatric or weight-loss surgery

•   manifest and sustainable weight reduction
•   improves more than 40 obesity-related diseases or conditions
•  Surgical weight loss may reduce mortality by as much as 30% to 40% in the severely obese.
• Attempts to treat obesity through surgical procedures were first attempted more than 60 years ago.
•  The use of bariatric surgery has increased at least 7-fold worldwide in the last decade.