The ideal treatment for weight loss is lifestyle modification through diet and exercise: as Aristotle said, “Moderation in all things.” However, the compliance rate for this method of treatment is very low: according to some studies, less than 2% of obese people who lose excess weight through diet and exercise are successful in keeping it [...]
From Report #S825, "Worldwide Market for the Clinical Management of Obesity, 2007-2015." With a significant increase in obesity within developed countries, many researchers and product developers are working hard to develop new therapies. Surgical devices utilized to treat obesity have proven particularly useful and in some cases, have even outperformed nonsurgical therapies. Obesity represents one [...]
The US and Canadian market for bariatric devices is growing at stunning rate, driven by an increasingly prevalent patient population, the increasing capability of physicians to perform bariatric procedures and a recognition by healthcare systems and third party payers to address the problem as a lynchpin for a condition that otherwise will drive up other, [...]
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