Sentences with phrase «obese patients about»

Docs aren't even consistent in talking to obese patients about losing weight.

After she had surgery and lost 90 pounds, Dr. Hamilton began working to educate obese patients about surgical options, but she was shocked at what she witnessed at one bariatric conference she attended.

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Through the Quality and Outcome Framework (QOF), GPs are rewarded financially for recording the number of obese patients — yet, ironically, not for doing anything about it.

In March of last year, the International Diabetes Federation endorsed bariatric surgery as a type 2 diabetes treatment for obese patients, citing studies indicating that it triggers remission in about 85 percent of patients.

It's clear that patients who are overweight and obese should be counseled about weight loss, and referral to a bariatric program should be considered in patients who meet criteria.»

Of these, 20 (4 %) had TTS that had been precipitated by happy and joyful events, such as a birthday party, wedding, surprise farewell celebration, a favourite rugby team winning a game, or the birth of a grandchild; 465 (96 %) had occurred after sad and stressful events, such as death of a spouse, child or parent, attending a funeral, an accident, worry about illness, or relationship problems; one occurred after an obese patient got stuck in the bath.

But not much is known about the corresponding impact of bariatric surgery on mildly obese patients who have diabetes.

«Our comparison of lean patients and their overweight or obese counterparts gives us clues about risk factors for this disease that go beyond a person's weight,» said Paul Angulo, MD, section chief of hepatology in the division of digestive diseases and nutrition at the University of Kentucky Medical Center.

These fatty acids have been demonstrated in hundreds of studies to accelerate the metabolism of healthy patients, obese ones, cancer patients, and just about everybody.

I remember reading about a doctor trying to help an obese patient lose weight.

Researchers now know more about visceral fat, which is deep in the abdomen of overweight and obese patients.

I would also submit that even if it were all about overeating — and I don't believe it is the case — we don't forgive obese patients for their poor lifestyle choices although we forgive those, such as smoking, that lead to cancer and transplant surgery.

According to «USA Today», it costs about $ 1,400 more a year to treat an average obese patient than a person at a healthy weight.