Every year, ‘’Turkish Medical Tourism’’ continues to thrive and attract patients around the world. Approximately, half of the same foreign patients visit Turkey for their obesity surgery. Knowing that Turkey is a paradise for holidays, you can combine your treatment with vacation with CK Health Turkey.
Most of the foreign patients come to Turkey from Europe. The reason behind is that the obesity surgery costs are much more conveniently priced in Turkey. Keep in mind that CK Health Turkey offers closed bariatric operations. Also, this will help you to mobilize quickly and to recover fast.
What is Obesity and how it is defined?
It can be said that the most common types of surgeries performed are sleeve gastrectomy, and gastric bypass surgery in Turkey. We conduct consultations to determine your current health status and obesity surgery that is the most suitable to you.
After you get an obesity surgery that is most suitable for you, regardless of your weight loss progress, you may be able to lessen the negative effects of your diabetics, if any, over time without further medication use.
Obesity, defined as the collection of fat in the human body. In a level that will negatively affect health. The excess weight that a person has interacts with a lot of variables. Such as, genetic factors, eating habits, environmental and psychosocial effects.
Recently, it has been thought that the unobstructed rise in obesity levels is influenced by the current environmental conditions rather than by their genetic effects.
There is an increase in incidence of various chronic diseases. Such as osteoarthritis, cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, sleep apnea in people with morbid obesity. Therefore, decreased life expectancy and quality of life of patients exist.
What are the Types of Obesity?
Recently, researches have been carried out on which areas of the body fat localized, rather than the total amount of fat in the patient. Because, the area of fat distribution associated with the occurrence of chronic diseases and morbidity. Along with higher rates of mortality diseases. Obesity is categorized into 2 types according to the localization of fat in the body.
- Gynoid Type Obesity
Gynoid type obesity is defined as observation of intense fat localization in the hip area of the patient. It is also known as pear-type. Which is more common in women patients.
- Android Type Obesity
The patient has an increase in adipose tissue, especially in the abdomen and waist area. Android obesity (abdominal, central obesity) carries with it many additional diseases. For example; diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia etc… Female patients who have a waist-hip ratio greater than 0.85 and male patients who have greater than 1.0 are considered to be suffering from obesity. This type of obesity is generally seen in male patients.