Obesity is a common yet costly disease because it increases a person’s risk of chronic conditions, such as heart disease and cancer. Currently, bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for severe obesity and its metabolic complications. However, 15–35% of the patients that undergo bariatric surgery do not reach their goal for weight loss.
To ensure the best results after your weight loss surgery, you will have to commit to significant lifestyle and diet changes, both before and after your procedure. Whether people are wanting prevention, management or treatment for a chronic health condition, looking for a lifestyle change or just want to maintain their good health, our weight optimisation team aims to provide people with an integrated approach to help them live a healthier lifestyle.
Research shows that structured dietetic counselling and follow-up care, together with a multidisciplinary healthcare team after bariatric surgery, is a vital contributor to successful long-term outcomes. Our multidisciplinary team including weight loss doctors, nurses, dietitians, endocrinologists and bariatric surgeons, work together to provide both non-surgical and surgical pathways so you can choose what’s right for you.
Do you have a question about bariatric surgery that you would like answering? Email us at community@atticushealth.com.au and it will be directly answered by our bariatric surgeons, Dr Damien Loh and Dr Andrew Packiyanathan.
