Who Are Considered Obese?
There are various methods to identify obesity, but the most common measurement method approved by WHO (World Health Organization) is the body mass index (BMI). BMI is calculated by dividing weight in pounds by height in inches squared.
| Value of body mass index | Classification |
| <18,5 kg/m²’nin | Underweight |
| 18.5 – 24,9 kg/m² | Normal weight |
| 25 – 29,9 kg/m² | Overweight |
| 30 – 39,9 kg/m² | Obese |
| 40 – 50 kg/m² | Morbidly Obese |
| 50 – 60 kg/m² | Super Obese |
| >60 kg/m² | Super Super-Obese |
Eligible candidates for bariatric surgery can be accepted according to the following criteria:
It is not correct to just look at the body mass index in order to evaluate a patient as obese. That is because it might cause misleading results in very muscular people. For this reason, it is much healthier to evaluate body mass index with the body fat ratio.
Obesity is a result of lifestyle.
A pre-operative patient consultation with dietician support is especially very important. It should also be emphasized that patients should change their lifestyle after surgery. In this way, it is possible to ensure healthier and permanent weight loss. Lifestyle and diet changes help people to be healthier after the operation.
Obesity reduces the average life expectancy by around 9 years for women and 12 years for men. As listed below, it causes many diseases ranging from cancer and heart diseases to diabetes mellitus.
Apart from many reasons listed above, there are sometimes many social factors such as the shoes being tied by someone else, not being able to cross your legs, not being able to find suitable clothes in shops, the feeling that people are staring at you, and not being able to attract attention on you between people.
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