A new surgery against obesity discovered in Strasbourg!
Obesity is a disease that affects all strata of the population and affects all countries.
This global epidemic is so rampant that French health authorities are multiplying awareness campaigns. Researchers in France are on several tracks to fight against this scourge that affects more than 15% of French adults (21% expected in 2030) and 37% of Americans (47% of adults within 15 years).
Thus, one in five adults is obeseand this trend will increase in 2030 when one in two adults will be a victim of this disease in 35 OECD countries. Nevertheless, in Strasbourg, a new type of surgery has just been tested!
The tracks developed by scientists
They are diverse and are oriented towards several orientations which are:
- A feeling of hunger under control. It is thanks to the role of hormones related to digestion and secreted by neurons (mainly leptin) that a field of research in full expansion opens up for researchers. The role of neuropeptides in the regulation of appetite is fundamental because they regulate fat reserves and modulate the feeling of hunger.
- The development of brown adipocytes. The presence of these adipocytes, which have the particularity of being able to store fat, modifies the “white fat”, the one responsible for weight gain. Thus, since any production of brown fat in the human body serves to fight obesity, this track is not to be neglected.
- Taking into account the microbiota. It includes all the natural bacteria in our gut and has a significant impact on obesity from the moment those with an unbalanced intestinal flora develop a natural resistance to insulin. Thus, we must seek to balance the microbiota through probiotics, the absence of stress and a healthy diet.
- A new surgical technique!. Without incision and therefore without pain, it is currently offeredonly in Strasbourg. This procedure consists of folding the stomach on itself, a bit like an accordion, by endoscopy, a technique that allows to visualize the inside of the digestive ducts. The practitioners of the University Hospital Institute do in stomach haute couture since no scar is necessary in this surgical practice.
Will these various avenues be enough to really fight obesity? It remains a so-called disease of civilization, that is to say linked to a precise and specific societal context including lifestyle habits in total disharmony with the human body. Then… Why not do it yourself?
The paths that everyone can develop through common sense
While waiting for scientists to set up their research, it is always profitable to take care of yourself. Thus, learn thebasics of a healthy dietand apply them, practice moderate and adapted physical activity, know how to buy balanced nutritional products, drink enough water during the day, know how to resist multiple temptations without falling into absurd restrictive diets … are, on a daily basis, the most effective ways to consider, in the long term, a sustainable and permanent weight loss.
This is easily explained: from the moment the body takes certain habits, it will be able to “do according to” the new data that is brought to it. The body will choose other optionsincluding those of gradually restricting itself, thus avoiding the “yoyo” effect so feared by overweight people who want to lose their excess pounds.
Thus, whether through extensive research that scientists are conducting around the world or whether it comes from the private sphere, the management of obesity now seems very real.
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.