Center of Obesity Support

WHAT IS OBESITY?
Clinically obesity is described as the excessive accumulation
of fat that exceeds the body's skeletal and physical standards. The National Institute of Health (NIH) states that excessive weight becomes a health hazard when it is 20 percent or more above ideal body weight.

Is it Serious?
"Comorbid conditions increase the risk of disability or premature mortality. An increased risk for all cause mortality has been shown for BMI>27. Obese individuals who lose even small amounts of weight (5% to lO%) are likely to improve their health in the short run by reducing the severity of co morbidities associated with obesity like cardiovascular disease i.e. heart failures and coronary heart disease, hypertension, type 2 Diabetes mellitus, hyper- cholesterolemia, Infertility, Sleep Apnoea, Osteoarthritis and more to add. According o the National Institutes of Health Consensus report, obesity is serious health hazard and must be treated as such."

Why support?
Morbid obesity may kill but living with it is no easy task either It is indeed unfortunate that most people do not realize that obesity, especially morbid obesity, is a chronic medical problem and requires medical intervention. It is this lack of knowledge and understanding that prompted Dr: Gurdip Singh Sidhu, a renowned Bariatric Surgeon (Anti Obesity Surgery) to launch Centre for Obesity Support (COS).

Purpose
COS comes into existence to provide patients
battling forweight control
• Interactive forums-platform for discussion
• Consultation with an Expert Panel
• Moralsupport and
• Guidance

Patients Speak/Corner
We live in a culture where food is plentiful, yet our icons of beauty are thin. Fat cow, couch potato, lazy pig. . .it’s common and easy to be mean to fat people like us but much harder to understand our problem. lt’s high time we focused on the causes and very real health risks of carrying excess weight. And what better way to deal with it than sharing experiences with each other Resourcs and peer support for people suffering from Obesity is an essential therapy as it plays avery crucial role in keeping them motivated to combat the problem. And who could better understand it than obee people like us. So join us in our iourney to light obesity.

The Team
At Team COS we believe in a comprehensive approach to weight management. At our regular discussion forums we have services from a variety of medical and allied health care professionals who address the various modalities of weight loss and maintenance of the same. At our center we offer all the medically approved options for weight loss under one roof. The expert panel consists of a Nutritionist, Anaesthesiologist, Endocrinologist, Physician, Psychiatrist, Bariatric surgeon, Plastic surgeon each excelling in their own domains.

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About the Department

This center is a composite Weight Management Centre that offers all the medically approved options for weight loss under one roof. It is also one of the largest centers for Bariatric surgery or Anti obesity Surgery as it is popularly known.

The weight management patients are referred to the Nutritionist. There is a detailed evaluation of the patient’s weight problem, family history, medical history, eating habits and current anthropometric evaluation. Depending on the gravity of the obesity, the patient is advised one/combination of the following:

• Diet Consultation
• Exercise Prescription
• Psychiatric Help
• Medical Advice
• Surgical Advice

In addition to these, the department also runs asupport group called Center for Obesity Support (COS). COS comes into existence to provide interaction forums, consultation and moral support to patients suffering from morbid obesity. It aims at providing an opportunity for patients to come together and share their experiences, provide information and encourage their peers on how to fight their battle with Morbid Obesity.

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