LAP-BAND system for weight loss [sponsored post]
As a freelance writer I am asked to write about a lot of things. A recent series of articles I have been working on for my weight loss blog are on various weight loss options and diet profiles. The first article in the series is on the LAP-BAND® System for laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. While doing research for this article I was rather surprised by what I found.
I had always thought of the Lap band system as being something that was highly risky or a fad, nothing that anyone should actually consider. That view changed during my research into just what the LAP-BAND® System is and what research has been done on the system.
Places such as the Monash University Medical School in Melbourne, Australia, and independent U.S. clinical trials by the FDA, have shown that the LAP-BAND® System is more effective in treatment of significant obesity than nonsurgical alternatives such as very-low-calorie diets, pharmacotherapy, and lifestyle changes.
Take for example the Monash University Medical School study. It was conducted in 2006 and showed that surgical treatment using laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding showed significantly better results than nonsurgical alternatives in the level of weight loss, improvement in quality of life, and resolving the metabolic syndrome.
The study divided 80 subjects into two groups of 40 subjects each and showed that the surgical group had a weight loss of 21.6% of initial weight, 87.2% of excess weight. The nonsurgical group showed weight loss of 5.5% of initial weight and 21.8% of excess weight. Metabolic syndrome was initially present in 15 (38%) patients in each group, after 24 months it was present in 1 (3%) of the surgical subjects, 8 (24%) nonsurgical subjects. Quality of life was also significantly improves in the surgical (8 of 8 subscores) as opposed to the nonsurgical (3 of 8 subscores) group.
There are a number of facilities that specialize in surgical weight-loss, including the fast growing network of Journey Lite surgical facilities. Journey Lite has highly skilled and experienced bariatric surgeons and a team of healthcare professionals that are dedicated to providing the safest and least invasive surgical weight-loss solution and the most comprehensive support programs available today.
The LAP-BAND® procedure is intended for severely obese patients with Body Mass Index (BMI) of at least 40, those with a BMI of at least 35 with one or more severe conditions in addition to the obesity, or those who are 100 lbs. or more over their estimated ideal weight. There are multiple reasons why a patient that meets the above criteria may otherwise be unsuited to the LAP-BAND® procedure, including the presence of severe cardiopulmonary diseases, inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, or patients who have exhibited a pain intolerance to implanted devices.
If you are considering the use of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding to assist you in significant weight loss you should research the procedure through sites such as the Journey Lite website (www.journeylite.com) and consult your doctor to find out if the LAP-BAND® procedure is right for you.
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This post was sponsored by Journey Lite
This blog post was based on information provided by Blogitive. For more information, please visit Blogitive.com.
I had always thought of the Lap band system as being something that was highly risky or a fad, nothing that anyone should actually consider. That view changed during my research into just what the LAP-BAND® System is and what research has been done on the system.
Places such as the Monash University Medical School in Melbourne, Australia, and independent U.S. clinical trials by the FDA, have shown that the LAP-BAND® System is more effective in treatment of significant obesity than nonsurgical alternatives such as very-low-calorie diets, pharmacotherapy, and lifestyle changes.
Take for example the Monash University Medical School study. It was conducted in 2006 and showed that surgical treatment using laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding showed significantly better results than nonsurgical alternatives in the level of weight loss, improvement in quality of life, and resolving the metabolic syndrome.
The study divided 80 subjects into two groups of 40 subjects each and showed that the surgical group had a weight loss of 21.6% of initial weight, 87.2% of excess weight. The nonsurgical group showed weight loss of 5.5% of initial weight and 21.8% of excess weight. Metabolic syndrome was initially present in 15 (38%) patients in each group, after 24 months it was present in 1 (3%) of the surgical subjects, 8 (24%) nonsurgical subjects. Quality of life was also significantly improves in the surgical (8 of 8 subscores) as opposed to the nonsurgical (3 of 8 subscores) group.
There are a number of facilities that specialize in surgical weight-loss, including the fast growing network of Journey Lite surgical facilities. Journey Lite has highly skilled and experienced bariatric surgeons and a team of healthcare professionals that are dedicated to providing the safest and least invasive surgical weight-loss solution and the most comprehensive support programs available today.
The LAP-BAND® procedure is intended for severely obese patients with Body Mass Index (BMI) of at least 40, those with a BMI of at least 35 with one or more severe conditions in addition to the obesity, or those who are 100 lbs. or more over their estimated ideal weight. There are multiple reasons why a patient that meets the above criteria may otherwise be unsuited to the LAP-BAND® procedure, including the presence of severe cardiopulmonary diseases, inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, or patients who have exhibited a pain intolerance to implanted devices.
If you are considering the use of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding to assist you in significant weight loss you should research the procedure through sites such as the Journey Lite website (www.journeylite.com) and consult your doctor to find out if the LAP-BAND® procedure is right for you.
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This post was sponsored by Journey Lite
This blog post was based on information provided by Blogitive. For more information, please visit Blogitive.com.
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