“Metabolic and bariatric surgery remains the most effective and durable treatment for severe obesity. Unfortunately, it also remains among the most underutilized,” said study co-author and bariatric surgeon Marina Kurian MD, NYU Langone Health.“Surgery needs to play a bigger role in obesity treatment and be considered earlier in the disease process. It is no longer a treatment of last resort and should not be withheld until more severe disease develops. There is no medical reason for this.”
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American healthcare providers love to give you a pill for whatever ails ya....a pound of cure versus an ounce of prevention....and keep you on it the rest of your life. Their favorite target is children who they can then treat for 70 or 80 years !
Nearly 42% of American adults were obese from 2017 to 2020, up from roughly 30% in 2000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. With that rise in obesity comes an increased risk for heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and some cancers.
So now we have this magic weight loss injections and they are working fast and furious on a daily pill that won´t cost you an arm and a leg.
What do we know about these weight loss drugs ?
- they are very expensive ..about $700 to $1,200 a month...and are not covered by Medicare or Medicaid.
- you have to take them for life...if you stop, you will likely regain the weight you lost
- they have some nasty side effects (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea) and we still don´t know the potential long-term side effects
How much weight are you likely to lose ?
Five months of weekly injections of GLP-1 semaglutide resulted in 10.6% weight loss and nine months of tirzepatide produced 21.1% weight loss. However, once treatment stopped, about half the lost weight returned within a year despite which drug was used. If injections were continued, tirzepatide patients plateaued at 22.5% weight loss at 17-18 months. Patients on semaglutide plateaued at 14.9% during the same time period.
What about Bariatric Surgery ?
Metabolic and bariatric surgery procedures gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy demonstrated total weight loss of 31.9% and 29.5% one year after surgery, respectively. Weight loss of approximately 25% was maintained for up to 10 years after surgery.
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