Health, a matter of weight. Obesity, considered the epidemic of the 21st century

-15% of the Spanish population suffers from obesity

-repeated and unsuccessful diets produce physical and psychological harm on the people who follow

-diet equation + balloon is more effective than only a diet

Madrid, 2011-August obesity is today one of the leading causes of mortality in developed countries and developing. Its high incidence in the population — without distinction of sex or age – has become a social problem and public health of the first magnitude.

According to a survey of the Spanish society of Endocrinology and nutrition, 15% of the Spanish population suffers from obesity. The appearance of being overweight increases with age, but its incidence is also notable in the childhood and adolescence.

Other studies corroborate that a high percentage of the Spanish population is not in your ideal weight ” and looks for ways to lose weight.

And it is not just a matter of image, has been shown that obesity increases the risk of certain diseases, such as infertility, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive diseases, diabetes and other metabolic syndromes.

In addition to these health risks, the overweight carries obvious physical and psychological limitations.

The failure of diets

Lose weight and maintain an optimal weight is not easy. The diet is the method chosen by the most to lose weight.

But in the long run, repeated and unsuccessful diets produce physical and psychological harm on the people who follow. The time factor and perseverance are key and that we are looking for monitoring weight loss centers and diets with calendar and daily monitoring.

A system with guarantees for our health should be controlled by a doctor, adapted to our body and make us lose between 5% and 10% of the weight in a period of three to six months.

The success of a diet involves a multidisciplinary approach. If diet alone is not enough.

Innovations of science

Helping diets, there are several types of treatments: medical, pharmacological, food … well as interventionist and non-surgical treatments and in the case of severe obesity surgery.

Interventionist nonsurgical treatments, the balloon rises as an effective and safe method.

This demonstrated that the diet equation + ball is more effective than only a diet.

This system is suitable for between 15 and 30 pounds of weight loss, and is recommended for adolescents, adults and older, is also a recommended step for whom suffer from morbid obesity and need to lose weight to reduce the risks before undergoing an operation.

Intragastric implants on an outpatient basis through the endoscopic and without general anesthesia. The ball of silicone filled with saline, is lodged in the stomach, giving a feeling of satiety. After a maximum period of 6 months the ball is removed in the same way that was placed: through the esophagus and mouth.

His placement, maintenance and withdrawal have few side effects.

and then?

The follow-up continues. For best results, it must put all the mechanism of action of the art in movement. A team of specialists from the digestive tract, endrocrinos, nutritionists and psychologists has been overseeing the feared after ” so get achievements to lose weight to persist indefinitely.