Dr Michael Hatzifotis is a well trained laparoscopic surgeon who specializes in weight loss surgery, general surgery and hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery. He has performed over 4000 laparoscopic procedures. He is very caring and passionate about his work, and offers his patients the highest possible standard of care.
He guarantees comprehensive medical treatment and excellent results. We have designed this site to provide patients more information on obesity, and the procedures provided by Dr Michael Hatzifotis to help patients lose weight. Dr Michael Hatzifotis is a General Surgeon with sub-specialty training in Hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery.
He guarantees comprehensive medical treatment and excellent results. We have designed this site to provide patients more information on obesity, and the procedures provided by Dr Michael Hatzifotis to help patients lose weight. Dr Michael Hatzifotis is a General Surgeon with sub-specialty training in Hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery.
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Body Mass Index
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Body Mass Index (BMI) is measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to both adult men and women. BMI does not differentiate between body fat and muscle mass. Therefore, body builders and people who have a lot of muscle bulk will have a high BMI but are not overweight or obese. BMI is usually a good indicator of body fat for most people.
Causes
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There is usually not one specific causes for obesity in patients. It usually multifactorial and involves and combination of causes or risk factors, including;. Energy Imbalance: Obesity happens gradually if the amount of energy or calories you consume is more than the amount of energy spent on your daily activities.
Consequences
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If you are overweight or obese you are at increased risk of developing one or more weight related medical problems. The list of medical problems related to obesity is concerningly long and continues to grow as more research in this field of medicine develops. Obesity is now the largest single health problem facing the modern world.
Treatments Available
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As anyone who has tried to lose weight will know, there are many options available, and most people will often have tried more than one method of weight loss. Basically, weight loss is about burning more calories than you consume. In other words, energy out must be greater than energy in. If you don't use the energy you put into your body as food, then it will be stored, often as fat.
Sleeve Gastrectomy
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Age between 18 and 65. Under special circumstances, it may be occassionally performed on patients over 65 years of age. BMI greater than 35 with at least with 1 major obesity related disease eg. Diabetes, Hypertension, Sleep Apnoea, Fatty liver disease (under special circumstances it may be performed on certain patients with Type 2 Diabetes with a BMI 30-35).
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