Obesity Treatment Options
Diets and weight loss workouts are extremely important for any obesity treatment success. However, only 2% of obesity sufferers have successful results exclusively with diet and exercise long-term. Choosing the right obesity treatment options requires consultation with a qualified surgeon. They can answer your questions and assess your history, lifestyle, and goals to provide personalised recommendations.
Obesity Treatment options
Surgical Intervention
Obesity surgery simply reduces the amount of food your stomach can hold and decreases your appetite. After surgery, most patients experience:
- Significant weight loss (up to 40% of their total weight)
- Improvement of diabetes, sleep apnoea, hypertension and PCOS
- Improvement of quality of life
You are a surgery candidate if you:
- Have a BMI over 30
- Have a BMI over 30 with obesity-related illnesses such as diabetes or obstructive sleep apnoea
- Have made reasonable attempts at weight loss by other means without success
- Do not have psychiatric or drug dependency problems
- Are aged between 18 and 65 years
- Understand the risks and commitment associated with surgery
Metabolic bariatric surgery generates substantial, sustained weight loss and health improvement.
Our latest publication showcases Australian data on weight loss surgery, proving it’s both safe and highly effective:
Substantial weight loss at 5 years:
- Single Anastomosis Gastric Bypass: 35%
- RYGB: 31%
- Sleeve Gastrectomy: 26.5%
Diabetes breakthrough (from Australian patients):
- 71% needed no diabetes medication at 1 year
- 61% maintained this at 5 years!
This analysis is based on an impressive 122,500 Australian patients from our national database. These results highlight the life-changing impact of weight loss surgery right here in Australia!
View the report here.
Non-surgical Intervention
The market is flooding with all kinds of slimming diets, cures, and products that promise success. But many studies show that diets and weight loss aids rarely succeed in helping people achieve the desired result of long-lasting weight reduction.
While weight loss injections have also gained popularity as a non-surgical obesity treatment option, Dr Ian Martin does not endorse them as a solution for significant weight loss. These injections may offer short-term results but often fail to provide the sustainable, long-term outcomes necessary for lasting health improvements.
If you are serious about starting your weight loss journey, we highly recommend considering weight loss surgery. It remains one of the most effective and proven methods for achieving significant, long-lasting weight reduction and improving overall health.