700-Pound Man...100 Pounds Lighter…
42 year old Los Angeles resident Sergio Silva underwent the first stage of his journey toward a better quality of life today at the Center for Surgical Treatment of Obesity. Silva underwent an abdominal wall panniculectomy to have 100 pounds of fat removed to prepare him for the Fobi Pouch Gastric Bypass.
(PRWEB) September 25, 2004 -- 42 year old Los Angeles resident Sergio Silva
underwent the first stage of his journey toward a better quality of life today
at the Center for Surgical Treatment of Obesity. Today Silva underwent an
abdominal wall panniculectomy to have 100 pounds of fat removed to prepare him
for the Fobi Pouch Gastric Bypass. After Silva heals from the surgery in several
months, Dr. Fobi will give him the Fobi Pouch Gastric Bypass.
Six years
ago Silva weighed 400 pounds and was suffering from hypertension, sleep apnea,
chronic heart failure, and diabetes. He had tried various diets and exercise
plans but lost no weight. As his weight continue to increase, the quality of his
life started to decrease. “I could not work, walk, or take care of my personal
needs because of the obesity,” says Silva.
Silva, who has a Body Mass
Index (BMI) of 85, was refused treatment at other obesity centers because of the
high risk of the procedure. Body mass index (BMI) closely correlates with body
fat and can help predict the development of health problems related to excess
weight. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) identifies obesity as a BMI of
30 kg/m2 or greater. Obesity is further broken down to Class I (BMI of 30-34.9
kg/m2), Class II (BMI of 35-39.9 kg/m2), and Class III (BMI of 40 kg/m2 or
greater), also called extreme obesity.
“The whole perception of obesity
has changed,” says Dr. Fobi, Medical Director of the Center for Surgical
Treatment of Obesity located at Tri-City Regional Medical Center in Hawaiian
Gardens, Calif. “It is no longer simply considered a will power problem that we
can just afford to ignore. The costs to society are now apparent and reflected
in a number of recent national health studies. The risk of surgery is minimal
compared with the potentially fatal health problems caused by remaining
obese.”
The national scales have tipped in the favor of obesity and the
costs are sobering. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
about 65 percent of U.S. adults qualify as overweight. The real impact of this
obesity epidemic is staggering with each year more than 300,000 people dying
from obesity-related conditions.
For the first time, obesity exacts a
higher toll on health and healthcare costs than either smoking or drinking as
serious obesity-related problems like diabetes, arthritis, heart disease,
strokes and certain cancers have reached epidemic levels. Obesity raises a
person’s healthcare costs by 36 percent and medication costs by 77 percent which
overall accounts for an additional $395 a year.
The Center for Surgical
Treatment of Obesity is a comprehensive medical weight loss center that
specializes in the minimally invasive laparoscopic and open Fobi Pouch Gastric
Bypass Surgery. The Center is dedicated to promoting health and wellness for the
morbidly obese patient. The Center has been in existence for more than 20 years
under the direction of Dr. MAL Fobi, M.D. F.A.C.S., and has treated more than
10,000 obese patients. If you have any questions about the Center or the
services it offers, please call 1-800-564-3624, visit us online at www.cstobesity.com
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CONTACT:
Ngwebifor Mignon
Center for Surgical Treatment of Obesity
562-207-1586
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