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Morbid Obesity Definition and ComplicationsOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Backgound: Morbid obesity referred to as ―clinically severe obesity‖ or ―extreme obesity‖ was defined as the criteria for bariatric surgery by the 1991 NIH Consensus Conference Statement on Gastrointestinal Surgery for Severe Obesity as a BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2 or a BMI ≥ 35 kg/m2 in the presence of high risk co morbid conditions.
Aims: This work aims at evaluation of mini gastric bypass for treatment of morbid obesity as regards, weight loss & complications.
Conclusion: Obesity is considered a major health and socio economic problem. Over weight, obesity and morbid obesity are terms often used to describe individuals with and increased body fat. The most common definition of morbid obesity is a body mass index (BMI) of 40 Kg /m2 or more. More than 250 million individuals are obese. The etiology of this condition is multi factors including; familial and genetic predisposition, drug induced obesity, endocrinal causes, childhood over nutrition, intake of food in large quantities