New center for severely overweight patients

Improved treatment of obesity at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf

07/24/2012

At the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), severely overweight patients can become pregnant in the future „University Obesity Center“ Seek medical. In addition to the overweight and concomitant diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, among which many obese suffer in the foreground. „Above all, people with particularly high obesity and serious comorbidities put their hope in the help of surgery, "said Oliver Mann, surgical director of the center, on Tuesday how „World Online“ reported.

A margin bypass, which shortens the digestive tract, has become a common procedure. Highly obese patients who opt for this operation, but must also significantly change their lifestyle and especially their diet significantly.

More and more people are affected by extreme overweight. Doctors talk about obesity when the BMI (body mass index) of 30 kg / m2 is exceeded. According to a study by the Ministry of Health, 25 percent of overweight people now have severe obesity. Compared to previous years, therefore, the number of obese Germans has increased significantly. (Ag)

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