Surgical Weight

A fat loss surgeon performs bariatric surgery, bypass surgery, gastric banding and obesity surgery. Surgical weight control is an option for very overweight who cannot lose pounds with only a healthy diet and exercise. Weight loss surgery limits the amount of food a person can intake. Some operations also restrict the amount of food the stomach can digest. Many people who have fat loss surgery lose weight quickly. If patients follow all diet and exercise recommendations, most can keep the weight off. Like all surgeries, fat loss surgery has risks and complications, including infections, hernias and blood clots. Men who are at least 100 pounds overweight and women who are at least 80 pounds overweight are eligible for this surgery. If candidates somewhat less overweight, surgery still might be an option if they also have diabetes, heart disease or sleep apnea. Bariatric surgery, or weight loss surgery, is a type of procedure that doctors perform on people who are dangerously obese. This procedure achieves weight loss by surgical reduction of the size of the stomach by means of an implanted gastric banding device, through removal of a portion of the stomach or by re-sectioning and re-routing the small intestines to a small stomach pouch as gastric bypass surgery. Long-term studies show the procedures result in significant long-term weight loss, recovery from diabetes, improvement in cardiovascular risk factors and a reduction in mortality of 23 percent to 40 percent. The U.S. National Institutes of Health recommends bariatric surgery for obese people with a body mass index (BMI) of at least 40.

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Traditional addiction treatment is based primarily on counseling. However, recent discoveries have shown those suffering from addiction often have chemical imbalances that make the recovery process more difficult. Counselors help individuals identifying behaviors and problems related to their addiction. It can be done on an individual basis, but it's more common to find it in a group setting and can include crisis counseling, weekly or daily counseling, and drop-in counseling supports. They are trained to develop recovery programs that help to reestablish healthy behaviors and provide coping strategies whenever a situation of risk happens. It's very common to see them work also with family members who are affected by the addictions of the individual, or in a community in order to prevent addiction and educate the public. Counselors should be able to recognize how addiction affects the whole person and those around him or her. Counseling is also related to "Intervention"; a process in which the addict's family requests help from a professional in order to get this person into drug treatment. This process begins with one of this professionals' first goals: breaking down denial of the person with the addiction. Denial implies lack of willingness from the patients or fear to confront the true nature of the addiction and to take any action to improve their lives, besides of continuing the destructive behavior. Once this has been achieved, professional coordinates with the addict's family to support them on getting this family member to alcohol drug rehabilitation immediately, with concern and care for this person. Otherwise, this person will be asked to leave and expect no support of any kind until going into drug rehabilitation or alcoholism treatment. An intervention can also be conducted in the workplace environment with colleagues instead of family.