Obesity is an excess of body fat derived from an uncontrolled intake of calories and a decrease in physical activity.Both situations can be derived from the current lifestyle.
The rations in the current menus in Spain are 30% higher than those of 20 years ago.Obesity causes or aggravates diseases such as type 2 diabetes, arterial hypertension, hyperlipidemia (cholesterol, triglycerides), sleep apnea, joint problems or infertility.
14% of Murcia are serious-moorbid obese and 6% of the population suffers from type II diabetes.To treat patients suffering from obesity to a different degree or type II diabetes mellitus with bad metabolic control or complications, the Hla La Vega hospital launches their unit specialized in obesity surgery and diabetes.
«Currently, the world epidemic of obesity is known as 'globesity'.Most of the serious-moorbid obese have an indication of surgery, however only one in twenty, comes to operate.
The cause is usually due to the waiting lists, collective fears and the misinformation that the patient has, ”says Dr. Miguel Ángel Escartí, coordinator of the Murcian hospital unit of the HLA group and expert in bariatric and metabolic surgery.
«Half of diabetic patients have poor metabolic control of diabetes or complications in the so -called 'target organs' (eyes, kidney, heart or blood vessels).
The cause is due to an incorrect diet, to sedentary, not to follow the medical treatment or a combination of these three factors.In this case, diabetes or metabolic surgery has proven to be resolutive in 80% of cases, ”he says.
The Obesity and Diabetes Surgery Unit of the HLA La Vega Hospital treats three types of patients: the mild obese, the severe and diabetic obese with bad metabolic control in which obesity may be present or not.
The team of this unit is composed of surgeons, endocrinologists, endoscopists, psychologists and nutritionists with extensive experience in this specialty.