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Obesity is certainly a life threatening problem, as the over-weight leads to psychopathological conditions, stress, respiratory problems, metabolic abnormalities, etc. Weight loss surgery can help the persons in controlling such problems and can elevate the life span too. Among the benefits, important are lowering the risk of type2 diabetes, asthma, and feasibility of joint replacement.

According to the reports of two studies by the researchers at the Hospital of Special Surgery in New York City and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, the above mentioned benefits resulted from the weight loss surgeries.

In the first study, presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, obese patients who went through weight loss surgery were shown to have better joint replacement outcomes. Dr. Emily Dodwell and her colleagues, have observed that the obese patients who required a hip or knee replacement.

The obese patients were re-distributed into two groups one of which underwent weight loss surgery, while the other group did not. They noticed that the patients who under gone for weight loss surgeries got better joint replacement better than those of who did not go through surgery. Dr. Emily Dodwell advocates that health care systems that do not currently include weight loss surgery as a “covered benefit,” should do so in order to improve patients’ outcomes.

While the second study report by the team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, mentioned that weight-loss surgery showed a significant reduction in “serious asthma flare-ups.” study lead author Dr. Kohei Hasegawa and her colleagues write, “Asthma exacerbation decreased by half after bariatric surgery and remaining significantly lower for at least 2 years.”

The readers must be noted that weight loss surgery is not ideal option to choose, it should be the last one following physical and lifestyle changes, regular practice of exercises. The benefits related to joint replacement and asthma would also be possible after losing considerable weight in natural way.

-Kannamsai