Obesity is a lifelong problem. The fact is that obesity is a lifelong disease, and any attempt to treat morbid obesity should be a lifelong solution. The world’s medical literature shows and we believe the only sustainable way to achieve weight loss in a morbidly obese patient is by providing the patient an effective tool, weight loss surgery, to make that lifelong difference. Surgery is the only way to obtain consistent, permanent weight loss for morbidly obese patients.

Medical weight loss. The best and most recent medical scientific evidence for how best to achieve medical weight loss (without weight loss surgery) is summarized in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in the United States. After this very careful study by worldwide experts, they advised that weight loss and maintenance therapy should use a combination of low-calorie diets, increased physical activity, and behavioral therapy.

Medical Weight Loss Therapy in the Morbidly Obese.

These scientifically sound and practical strategies form the foundation for lifestyle management across all body mass index (BMI) ranges, including individuals with body mass indexes over 35. However, because most of the clinical trials reviewed in this summary present outcome data for individuals within a BMI range of 30–40, these results cannot necessarily be assumed they apply to individuals with extreme obesity. The truth is that there are NO published studies demonstrating significant SUSTAINED weight loss in the MORBIDLY OBESE. But, insurance companies often require a trial of formal medical weight loss therapy despite the lack of evidence that it works in the long term. We think it helps them assure that the patient can follow the necessary diet and lifestyle changes after weight loss surgery.