Obesity Center
Obesity usually results from a combination of causes and contributing factors, although it is genetic, behavioral and hormonal influence on body weight. There are over 1.7 billion obese people around the world facing obesity and more likely to develop a number of potentially serious health problems, such as diabetes, heart problem, high blood pressure and ovarian, intestinal or breast cancer.
Obese people, aside from being obese and uncomfortable, often suffer from many other threatening diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, and paralysis which may shorten obese people’s life twice as the average person.
Many overweight people try to lose weight by exercising, dieting or taking weight-loss pills, but are still unable to overcome obesity.
Weight loss surgery is another effective option which could help reducing health complications that may arise in obese patients whom have tried all above mentioned methods without success.
Bariatric or Weight Loss Surgery
Bariatric surgery should be considered for seriously obese patients, the procedure is very popular in many countries because of its clear results.
Indications for Bariatric Surgery
- The surgery is recommended for obese people with a body mass index (BMI) from 40 kilograms or over/square meter.
- Or for those people with a body mass index (BMI) 35 kilograms or over/square meter and serious coexisting medical condition such as diabetes, cardiac problem, hypertension, sleep apnea or joint pains due to obesity
Note: Body Mass Index (BMI) is body weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared and is universally expressed in units of kg/m².
Operating Hours :
Open Daily from 08.00 – 20.00 hrs.
Specialty Surgery Center, 1st floor, Bangpakok 9 International Hospital
For more information :
Telephone: +662-109-911 ext. 10113
Call Center 1745
