{"id":5225,"date":"2023-04-06T03:55:35","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T03:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthnewscentral.com\/?p=5225"},"modified":"2023-04-06T03:55:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T03:55:35","slug":"long-term-study-shows-that-weight-loss-surgery-helps-lessen-risk-of-early-death-from-certain-diseases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthnewscentral.com\/long-term-study-shows-that-weight-loss-surgery-helps-lessen-risk-of-early-death-from-certain-diseases\/","title":{"rendered":"Long-Term Study Shows That Weight Loss Surgery Helps Lessen Risk Of Early Death From Certain Diseases"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to a study that was released by the American Obesity Association<\/a>, by 2025, at least 50% of Americans will be obese, a number that will go to 60% by 2030.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a new study<\/a> from the Obesity<\/em> journal has also shared that for people with severe obesity that decided to undergo bariatric surgery<\/a> \u2013 or weight loss surgery \u2013 have found to be significantly less likely to die from diabetes, heart disease, or cancer as compared those in the same situation that chose not to have surgery.<\/p>\n

Co-author of the study, Ted D. Adams, PhD, MPH<\/a>, explained that what they found during a follow up 40 years after those that underwent surgery was that for those that went under the\u00a0 knife, they saw their risk of premature death from any cause lessened by at least 16 percent as compared to those that didn\u2019t get surgery. Dr. Adams is also a professor and researcher at the Intermountain Surgical Specialties-Digestive Health Clinical Program, as well as part of the department of nutrition and integrative physiology at the University of Utah<\/a> located in Salt Lake City.<\/p>\n

Dr. Adams says, \u201cAdditionally, the patients who had bariatric surgery had 29 percent, 43 percent, and 72 percent lower death rate from cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes, respectively, when compared to the matched subjects who had not had bariatric surgery.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Effects of Bariatric Surgery Go Beyond Weight Loss<\/strong><\/h3>\n

When it comes to bariatric surgery, it surgically alters the digestive system to better aid people in losing weight. As explained on the May Clinic<\/a> website, there are also three major types of this surgery, and the two most common methods are sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. For both surgeries, the surgeon will seal off or remove a part of the stomach, which in essence, limits the amount of food a person can eat at one time, also reducing the absorption of nutrients.<\/p>\n

Usually, the stomach has the ability to hold around 3 pints of food. However, once gastric bypass is done, it becomes a much smaller sized food pouch with the ability to hold around 1 ounce instead.<\/p>\n

As explained by weight loss surgeon at Duke Health in Durham, North Carolina, Dana Portenier, MD<\/a>, bariatric surgery is considered a much safer and less invasive type of surgery these days as compared to the first ones that were done back in the 1950s. This is mostly because of the introduction of laparoscopic surgery<\/a>, also known as keyhole surgery, which is a type of surgery that uses just small incisions and a camera. Notably, Dr. Portenier was not involved in the study.<\/p>\n

Dr. Portenier explains, \u201cWe also eventually discovered that this surgery is just not shrinking the size of the stomach or how much food is absorbed. It\u2019s also changing some of the hormones in the GI tract and this affects more things than weight, things like diabetes and metabolic syndrome.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute<\/a>, a person is considered to have metabolic syndrome when they have three of the following conditions below:<\/p>\n