http://www.happieryou.co.uk/nhs-sees-obesity-spending-soar/ health, nutrition, surgery, wellbeing and feeling good Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:20:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.happieryou.co.uk/nhs-sees-obesity-spending-soar/comment-page-1/#comment-21 David Thu, 07 May 2009 18:56:03 +0000 http://www.happieryou.co.uk/?p=475#comment-21 It has to be remembered that this obesity surgery is currently the only proven treatment for long term weight loss in the morbidly obese. Also, it is proven that gastric banding, gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy result in near-immediate health improvement, often curing type 2 diabetes, asthma, sleep apnoea and hypertension (high blood pressure). All of these diseases cost the NHS a fortune to manage and treat with expensive drugs, with patients being frequently admitted to hospital as emergencies for expensive acute treatment. Bariatric surgery has been shown to 'pay for itself' in 2 years - this must not be forgotten. It's the cost of treating obesity that will 'cripple' the NHS in the longer term, not the cost of surgery. It has to be remembered that this obesity surgery is currently the only proven treatment for long term weight loss in the morbidly obese. Also, it is proven that gastric banding, gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy result in near-immediate health improvement, often curing type 2 diabetes, asthma, sleep apnoea and hypertension (high blood pressure). All of these diseases cost the NHS a fortune to manage and treat with expensive drugs, with patients being frequently admitted to hospital as emergencies for expensive acute treatment. Bariatric surgery has been shown to ‘pay for itself’ in 2 years – this must not be forgotten. It’s the cost of treating obesity that will ‘cripple’ the NHS in the longer term, not the cost of surgery.

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