About Obesity

The most common major chronic illness in the western world is Obesity! Morbid Obesity is also known as clinically severe obesity. It is recognized as a major public health risk all over the world. Most of morbid obesity and mortality is related to co-morbid conditions which include, but are not limited to, high cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, obstructive sleep apnea, hypertension, gastro esophageal reflux disease, infertility and some cancers. People who suffer from morbid obesity, need to know about the disease and about the most successful treatment methods to cure it.

Obesity is emerging as a health epidemic around the world. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, obesity is rapidly spreading across all regions and demographic groups. An estimated 97 million adults in the United States are overweight or obese. That figure represents more than 50% of the American adult population. Of this group, 11 million adults suffer from severe obesity.