The multiple benefits of obesity treatment
Treating obesity reduces the probability of contracting certain diseases, which are comorbidities of the ailment, such a disturbed states of balance within the body caused by obesity:
- Diabetes
- High blood pressure
- Sleep apnoea
- Joint pains
- Sexual dysfunctions
- Infertility
- Various forms of cancer (breast, endometrial, of the oesophagus, gastric, renal)
- Depression
Treating obesity through bariatric surgery has other such benefits as a betterment in the psychological and social well-being of the patient, maintaining the body weight after having lost the excess pounds and an all-round improvement of the quality of life