Obesity Treatment

March 10, 2003Posted by Deepak

 

Treatments for obesity are based on four principles or pillars:

  • Dietary treatment of obesity: is done with low-calorie diets reduce the income of food with high calories.
  • PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF OBESITY: It is done with medication (drugs) that reduce appetite, increase satiety and decrease anxiety.
  • Surgical Treatment of Obesity: You can perform different surgical techniques to decrease abdominal volume.
  • MAKE CHANGES IN LIFE STYLE: Changes in feeding accompanied by an increase in physical activity.

As stated in the paragraph above, it is understood that to avoid excess body weight (obesity) should be performed using a multidisciplinary approach to weight loss.