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Bariatric Surgery Should be the Last Option to Treat Obesity

Health care experts warned people to be cautious over obesity surgeries for children. Doctors from United States and United Kingdom expressed their strong concerns on obesity treatments like Bariatric surgery and their aftermath effects. Doctors said that the weight loss surgeries should be done only at the last stage of obesity where it cannot be cured by other means. Doctors also said that the good diet and regular exercise should be given the first preference to cure obesity.

Doctors said that the bariatric surgery should be done only to the children who are extremely obese and whose BMI is more than 50. According to the team of doctors, the health risks of bariatric weight loss surgery in children are still unknown. But they claimed that the health risks are substantial and the surgery can haunt the children in my ways in their future.

“The risks of bariatric surgery are substantial, and long-term safety and effectiveness in children remain largely unknown,” said by a doctor from United States.

The health care experts said that the best way to cure obesity is good diet and proper exercise. According to their words, the weight loss surgery, the weight loss pills and other fat loss drugs should not be given top priority to cure over weight. Unless the BMI of child is too high and risking the health of important organs, the bariatric surgery or other weight loss surgeries are not highly not preferred.