Being significantly overweight has a negative effect on your heart health. It can potentially shorten your life span by 10 – 20 years. Unfortunately heart disease is the major cause of premature death in those who are overweight.
Weight loss surgery is a tool that helps the individual to eat healthily but in smaller amounts, and allows a person to increase their overall exercise activity. In a recent study of over 7,500 people who had weight loss surgery, it was found that there was significant improvements in their heart health following surgery. This improvement in heart health includes lowering blood pressure and decreasing cholesterol levels. Individuals that underwent weight loss surgery had approximately a 35% reduction in their risk of heart disease within one year of surgery. Furthermore 30 – 50% of people who had weight loss surgery experienced a resolution of high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
Sleeve gastrectomy is a keyhole operation that removes about 80% of your stomach so that you can eat smaller meals. It has been shown to resolve diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol in a number of individuals thereby improving hearth health and ultimately increasing a person’s life span.
