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Our team is here to help you make an informed, educated and confident decision regarding weight loss surgery. We are glad to assist you with everything you need to get started on the road to a healthier and happier you!

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GOLDEN RULES

For successful long-term weight loss

1. Develop a structured eating plan

Plan meals at regular intervals during the day and make sure you eat at the designated times

2. Eat slowly and chew thoroughly

Plan 30 minutes for a meal. Chew every bite at least 25 times.

3. Stop eating as soon as you start feeling full

Listen to and respect your satiety. Don’t overeat!

4. Give up liquid calories and calorie-dense foods

Juices, soda, alcohol, ice-cream, milkshake, smoothie, custard, chocolate, creamy sauce… Avoid also carbonated drinks.

5. Drink between meals

Stop 30 min. before and resume drinking 30 min. after your meal. Drink a minimum of 2 litres per day.

6. Give priority to proteins

Have a source of protein at every meal. Start eating proteins, then vegetables/fruits, then some carbohydrates.

7. Do physical activity or exercise regularly

Recommendation: 30 to 60 min. per day, 5 to 6 days of the week. Highly recommend using a trainer in the beginning

In recent years, the connection between lifestyle, weight, nutrition and fertility is gaining more public exposure. According to research, it is known that being overweight can affect your ability to become pregnant and also can cause complications during pregnancy.
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) can develop as a result of obesity and is a major cause of infertility amongst women. A study by Jan Willem van der Steeg, MD, of Amsterdam’s Academic Medical Centre, shows that women who were severely obese were 43% less likely to achieve pregnancy than normal weight women or women who were considered overweight but not obese during this year long study.

How can you tell if your fertility is affected by your weight?
If you have regular menstrual cycles, then you are probably ovulating (releasing an egg.) If you have sporadic or irregular periods, then your ovulation is also most likely to be irregular. The most common cause of irregular periods is polycystic ovary syndrome. Sufferers of PCOS have multiple cysts in their ovaries which then produce large amounts of androgen and oestrogenic hormones. This prevents ovulation, causing infertility.

Fertility Drugs
It is known from studies performed that women who are overweight or obese are less likely to respond to fertility drugs. This occurs because the excessive weight obstructs the proper absorption of the fertility drugs used during these treatments. Some IVF clinics refuse to treat obese patients until they reduce their Body Mass Index.

Childhood Obesity

It is a known fact that childhood obesity is becoming an increasing problem. From a recent survey of 4,000 schoolchildren in the Arab Countries, aged between 6 and 16, they found that 25% of these were overweight or obese.

Teaching healthy behaviours to children at an early age has proved to be essential as change becomes more difficult with age. Behaviours involving physical activity and nutrition are the cornerstone of preventing obesity in children and adolescents. Families and schools are the two most critical links in providing the foundation of those behaviours.

Along with the rise in childhood obesity, there has been an increase in the incidence and prevalence of medical conditions in children and adolescents that had been rare in the past. Paediatricians and childhood obesity researchers are reporting more frequent cases of obesity related diseases such as high blood pressure and high blood fat, as well as an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. If this epidemic goes unchecked, the burden on public health spending will grow as children with obesity become young people with diabetes, and the costly complications of their condition develop. Early prevention is clearly our best option. In the Arab Countries, the prevention of type 2 diabetes in young people through the reduction of childhood obesity remains a major public health challenge. The Ministry of Health has developed educational programmes to raise awareness amongst healthcare providers about the prevention and management of diabetes.

Prevention of Obesity

Create an active environment. Take time for the entire family to participate in regular activities that everyone enjoys. In the cooler months, bike riding or walking could be enjoyed or, in warmer climates, ice skating or learning to play indoor squash.

• Assign active household duties such as hoovering or car washing. Rotate the duties to avoid boredom. Make it fun by turning it into a game or a race to finish first!
• Enrol your child into a class activity such as Martial Arts or table tennis.
• Encourage your child to participate in after-school clubs such as netball or football.
• Limit the amount of television your child watches. Likewise with gaming equipment such as Playstation or Xbox Consoles.

Create a Healthy Eating Environment

Implement the same healthy diet for the whole family, not just the selected individual.

• Plan food menu’s together with your child and discusses their preferences.
• Eat meals together at the table and at regular times.
• Avoid rushing meals. Eating too quickly does not allow enough time to digest or to register a sense of feeling full.
• Avoid other activities at mealtimes, such as watching television.
• Avoid foods high in calories, fat or sugar.
• Have snack foods available such as bite size fruits and vegetables or yoghurt.
• Do not serve large meal portions.
• Avoid using food as a reward or punishment.

·  Do not force your child to eat if they are not hungry. Consult a Healthcare Professional if they are persistently not hungry.

1- In 2014, an estimated 41 million children under the age of 5 years were overweight or obese. Once considered a high-income country problem, overweight and obesity are now on the rise in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in urban settings. In Africa, the number of children who are overweight or obese has nearly doubled from 5.4 million in 1990 to 10.6 million in 2014. Nearly half of the children under 5 who were overweight or obese in 2014 lived in Asia.
Overweight and obesity are linked to more deaths worldwide than underweight. Globally there are more people who are obese than underweight – this occurs in every region except parts of sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.

2- The worldwide prevalence of obesity more than doubled between 1980 and 2014.

3- In 2014, 39% of adults aged 18 years and over (38% of men and 40% of women) were overweight.

4- Overall, about 13% of the world’s adult population (11% of men and 15% of women) were obese in 2014

5- In 2014, more than 1.9 billion adults aged 18 years and older were overweight. Of these over 600 million adults were obese.

6- Obesity is preventable. Some recent WHO global estimates follow.

7- 41 million children under the age of 5 were overweight or obese in 2014.

8- Most of the world’s population live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight.

9- 39% of adults aged 18 years and over were overweight in 2014, and 13% were obese.

10- In 2014, more than 1.9 billion adults, 18 years and older, were overweight. Of these over 600 million were obese.

11- Worldwide obesity has more than doubled since 1980