let's talk about the different treatment options for obesity will talk about first diet and exercise we can talk about medications and lastly surgery as an option to treat obesity diet and exercise is a means to help lose weight however for many people it's very difficult not only to lose weight but to keep it off for example many of patients will lose 30 pounds over a course of a year but one year after that they've been that back plus onother 30 so while diet and exercise does work for a lot of people it's also very difficult for others so there's also weight loss medications medications are designed really to help curb your hunger or maybe to help increase your metabolism there are some side effects associated with medications so again make sure you speak with your doctor the third treatment option for obesity is surgery weight-loss surgery or bariatric surgery is a viable option for many people there are a few different surgeries that are available to people to help them lose weight you must have a certain BMI to meet the qualifications for surgery for axample your BMI must be forty or greater or 35 or greater with an obesity-related illness these surgeries are things such as the lab and the gastric sleeve or the gastric bypass you must be healthy enough to undergo a major operation so make sure you speak with your doctor to see if surgery is an option for you those are three different treatment options for obesity
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