More number of obese people go under the knife in AP HYDERABAD: Hyderabadis are increasingly turning to weight loss surgeries to get rid of obesity. Specialists say highest number of weight loss surgeries in the country are being done in Andhra Pradesh,with a major chunk of them happening in Hyderabad. And with the American Medical Association recently declaring obesity as a disease, city doctors too want the concerned body in India to reconsider its stand on obesity from that of a lifestyle disorder to a disease. More than half a dozen surgeons, specializing in weight loss surgery in the city, are doing about 60-70 operations every month. New Delhi follows AP with around 50 surgeries and Maharashtra comes third with about 40 surgeries most of which are being performed in Mumbai. A good 60% of the patients are women, experts said. Dr Mahidhar Valeti, the first surgeon to start weight loss surgeries in AP way back in 2005, says the acceptance for weight loss surgeries is more in AP. According to Dr Valeti who is associated with ApolloHospitals,6,000 weight loss surgeries were performed across India in 2012 of which about 800 surgeries were in AP. Interestingly, the starting age for these surgeriesis12 years.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 09:47:39 +0000
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