The study revealed a doubling of obesity rates among adults globally over the past three decades, while among children and adolescents aged 5 to 19 years, rates have quadrupled.
The study examined 2,007 individuals who underwent bariatric surgery, contrasting them with a control group of 2,040 obese adults who did not undergo surgery.
Luckily for these overweight people, modern science has now recognised 'obesity' as a life-style disease that can affect anyone from the middle to the upper-middle classes of society, in any age group.
Led by Head, Surgical Gastroenterology, OGH, Dr Ch Madhusudhan, the procedure was taken-up about two-months ago for free of cost. At private hospitals in Hyderabad, such a complex surgery for could possibly cost up to Rs. 10 lakh.
Heart failure is a chronic, progressive condition that causes fatigue and breathing difficulties when the heart is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body's needs for blood and oxygen.
In the 25-year follow-up, the researchers analysed the association of body mass index (BMI) at the age of 58 with the risk of early hip fracture up until the age of 70.