Obesity Awareness Program held in Alchemist,Panchkula
Panchkula: An ‘Obesity Awareness Program’ involving a health seminar and a free check-up camp on weight loss surgery was held at Alchemist Hospital here today. Over 60 people participated in it. The program was organized with an aim to educate the people about problems and high cost of obesity to their lives.
During camp, the free consultation was provided by Dr. Atul Krishan Sharma, senior consultant, GI Surgery and Dr. Pooja Gupta, senior dietician.
Addressing the seminar, Dr. Atul Krishan Sharma said that obesity could severely affect the quality of one’s life. He added that Bariatric Surgery has been able to transform the lives of many obese people and has improved their quality of life.
Bariatric surgery is the only treatment modality that is allowed for treating severe obesity that has very high long-term success and acceptance. In addition, bariatric surgery resolves diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea, high-cholesterol and other co-existing obesity related diseases in most severely obese people undergoing it, he asserted.
International reports also says that after bariatric surgery the type-2 diabetes is also controlled and cured if a person is morbidly obese and is suffering from diabetes, Dr Atul maintained.
During occasion, the successful stories to reduce weight were also shared by those who have loose large amounts of weight successfully and safely after bariatric surgery.
