Can obesity be treated ? Dr (Maj Gen) Atul K Sharma, AVSM MS, DNB Sr. Consultant G I, Laparoscopic & Bariatric Surgery Chairman Institute of Gastrointestinal Sciences Alchemist Hospitals, Panchkula, atul.sharma@alchemisthospitals.com; 9779289117 Obesity, a disease in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it is having a negative effect on your health, and which if untreated will lead to significant reduction in life expectancy, has reached epidemic proportions in India.
Morbid obesity is affecting 5% of the population, which is surprising in a country where over 250 million people live below the poverty line. In a study - titled 'Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013' published in the “The Lancet” in August 2014, India is very…
