Bariatric surgery and postoperative weight change
Obesity has now become a major health problem. Various solutions exist to lose weight. Being overweight interferes with the proper functioning of the body and the practice of physical activity. Fortunately, bariatric surgery now opens doors to new possibilities.
What is bariatric surgery?
Bariatric surgery is used to treat obese people in order toreduce their food intakeand thus their daily calorie intake. The average age for this operation is 40 years(1).
The relationship to food is simple: the more we eat, the more our stomach enlarges. As a result, we absorb a greater amount of food, often harmful to health. This is how you gain weight. Conversely, the healthier and more balanced we eat, the better we manage to maintain our weight.
Obesity occurs when you have difficulty following a healthy diet. Your body asks you for the type of food you are used to bringing it. The more weight you gain, the less you move. These two factors combine topromote weight gainand, in the long term, obesity.
Add to that the other causes, such as eating disorders, and weight loss becomes very complex, almost impossible without outside help. Among these disorders, we can mention binge eating and bulimia.
Bariatric surgery intervenes at this time, when other solutions seem no longer suitable, or no longer sufficient. It can act in two ways, depending on the operation: directly on the stomach, or on the digestive tract. The purpose of this operation is to reduce your food intake and allow you tofind a better diet, in healthier quantities.
Post-operative weight change
Studies have analyzed the weight change that occurs after the operation. A group of patients who underwent this surgery continued to lose weight over the long term and stabilized(2)tag. With regard to the other group, the results are more varied, although the causes are different. These are indeed patients suffering fromeating disorders, for whom food was an addiction, a dependency. These eating disorders are the most detrimental to dietary change and therefore weight loss.
The primary goal of this operation is long-term weight loss, combined with a dietary change. Food must become healthier, more balanced, less caloric and more nutritious. There areseveral types of obesity surgerytag. Your doctor will direct you to the solution that is best for you.
For some patients, especially those with eating disorders, this change is complicated and requires a lot of willpower. Post-operative weight change therefore depends on thequality of the diet in the period following surgerytag. A weight loss is nevertheless observed, even if it is less significant than among patients suffering from obesity without eating disorders.
Eating habits
The question of eating habits arose in relation to postoperative weight changestag. The role of bariatric surgery is tolimit the absorption of food , but this ability can be undermined when patients do not change their diet.
There are several subtypes of obesity, we do not yet know the exact number. These differentTypes of obesitycould, however, be linked to the patient’s diet. If you eat large quantities outside of mealtimes, eat at night, or are prone to binge eating or binge eating, surgery will help you lose weight that you risk regaining. long term.
A change in weight, whatever it is, and even more if it is related to a major operation, must be followed by a healthy diet, so as not to harm health. The stomach or digestive tract is, in this case, no longer able to support as much food as before. Consuming as much after the operation as before therefore suggests risks.
Stephen Paul is the lead author and founder of My Health Sponsor. Holder of a diploma in health and well-being coaching with more than 200 articles in the field of health, he makes it a point of honor to offer advice based on reliable information, based on scientific research, and verified by health professionals.