Fighting Obesity, Awareness Raising and Treatment Conference at Yücelen Mugla Hospital

Public Conference on "Obesity" was held

A seminar was organized for the public in the conference hall of Yücelen Muğla Hospital to raise awareness against obesity, as obesity, one of the most important health problems in the world, will create a health burden for future generations and is seen as an important risk factor for chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart diseases and joint pain.

In the conference moderated by Obesity Surgery Specialist Op.Dr. Aydın Keskin, Yücelen Ortaca Hospital Chief Physician and General Surgery Specialist Op.Dr. Alper Boz, Yücelen Marmaris Hospital General Surgery Specialist Op.Dr. Hüseyin Önder Kaya, Nutrition and Dietetics Specialist Ceren Türk Balcı and Psychologist Öyküm İlhan enlivened the conference with their presentations.

Yücelen Muğla Hospital Obesity Surgery Specialist Op.Dr. Aydın Keskin; "Obesity is defined as overnutrition that impairs health and as a result, excessive fat accumulation in the body.

Nowadays, due to the health problems it causes, it ranks second among the preventable causes of death after smoking. Obesity is one of the most important causes of diabetes, hypertension, heart diseases, sleep apnea, respiratory system problems and many cancer diseases. The most common causes of obesity are overnutrition, inactivity and genetic factors.

Obesity disease has become a treatable disease in a healthy way today with surgical methods and developing technological products. Obesity surgeries are the most effective and permanent method of obesity treatment. The tube we apply frequently are gastric sleeve gastrictomy and gastric bypass surgeries. It is successfully applied in our clinic.

Obesity surgery is performed safely with laparoscopic closed surgeries, and since it is not an open surgery, it is an effective form of treatment with healthy weight loss and early recovery after surgery.

After the surgery, there is both effective and permanent weight loss, and the diseases caused by obesity are treated in a healthy way thanks to the surgery. Obesity surgeries and postoperative follow-up are successfully performed in our hospital. " he said.

Yücelen Ortaca Hospital Chief Physician and General Surgery Specialist Op.Dr. Alper Boz stated that "obesity is a chronic metabolic disorder that can cause physical, mental and social problems caused by an increase in body fat mass compared to lean mass, excessive fat storage in the body. Endoscopic gastric balloon is called feel full, lose weight in short. We have been performing gastric balloon application and gastric surgeries safely for about 5 years. In the ingestible stomach balloon method, the capsule is swallowed without endoscopy, inflated in the stomach, and after 6 months, the balloon is spontaneously expelled from the body. Gastric balloon; It is applied for our patients who cannot be performed surgical method.

Chief Physician Op.Dr. Alper Boz; "As a result of recent research, the prevalence of obesity in Turkey has increased by 50% in men and 40% in women, while stating that obesity has increased by an average of 30%; He also mentioned the smart scale and smart watch application.

Yücelen Ortaca Hospital Chief Physician and General Surgery Specialist Op.Dr. Alper Boz; “The smart scale and smart watch we use not only do ordinary weight measurement, but also offer detailed measurement opportunities to the person. With the smart scale, you can also track many data such as weight, body fat, body water ratio, bone and muscle mass, body mass index, basal metabolic rate and visceral fat ratio.

With the smart scale, which provides data synchronization with the mobile application via Bluetooth, the weight loss process can be easily tracked from start to finish and since it is recorded, you can see your daily, weekly, monthly progress and helps you to organize your nutrition program more accurately.

In addition to the gastric balloon, the smart watch application, which can also track physical activities that play an important role in the weight loss process, counts steps, tracks your workouts, measures your pulse, shows the time spent actively during the day and sleep patterns. Thus, it continuously measures and records many data about your health. This helps the person to experience much more controlled and healthy weight loss process.

With the mobile application that facilitates patient-doctor-dietitian tracking, the data obtained from the smart scale can be displayed on the computer screen of your dietitian. In this way, our patients can also be followed up effectively. In short, it synchronizes with your smart scale via bluetooth connection with the mobile application program and shares the data it receives from the scale with your doctor, dietitian,”he said.

Yücelen Marmaris Hospital General Surgery Specialist Op. Who focuses on stomach botox applications in obesity.Dr. H.Önder Kaya: " Obesity is a condition in which the ratio of a person's height to his weight in kilograms, that is, his body mass index is over 30, as a result of consuming more calories than the body can use. An unbalanced increase in the proportion of fat in the body can lead to cardiovascular diseases, depending on this, vascular blockage, stroke and high cholesterol. Obesity also brings with it shortness of breath. In the gastric botox application, botylinium toxin is injected into a certain part of the stomach, so that the feeling of hunger in the stomach is suppressed. About 15-20% of the weight is lost with the application of stomach botox. It is preferred by patients who do not want surgical treatment. Since it is applied by endoscopic method, the patient easily returns to his daily life. The patient does not experience pain easily, ”he said.

Dietitian Ceren Türk Balcı; "Changing bad eating habits and movement is the basis of the fight against obesity.  It is very important to follow healthy diets after surgical procedures. The aim here is to preserve the patient's muscle mass structure and protein. The first week is called clear liquid, the second week dark liquid, the third week puree, the fourth week solid period."

Drawing attention to the psychological aspects of obesity, Specialist Clinical Psychologist Öyküm İlhan; '' The decision to eat is a cognitive choice, and cognitive choices affect both our general health and our psychological health. However, a matter of debate is whether psychological health is affected by disordered eating? Or do psychological health problems affect dietary patterns? At this point, we obtain information and develop solutions after detailed interviews. Binge eating and emotional eating are the main problems we frequently encounter with our patients. In our hospital, we visit our patients diagnosed as obese or morbidly obese as a board before and after surgery and then we follow up the process with session planning.

Within the scope of the event, height-weight, waist circumference measurements and body mass index (BMI) calculations were made, information about obesity was provided, healthy snacks prepared under the leadership of dietitians were offered to the guests between "cofee break", and souvenir photos were taken with the guests.