Therapeutic weight loss techniques~
The least intrusive weight loss methods, and those most often recommended by physicians, are adjustments to our eating patterns and increased physical exercise.
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Usually, health professionals will recommend that their overweight patients combine a reduction of the Caloric content of the diet, with an increase in physical activity.
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Other methods of losing weight include use of drugs that decrease appetite, as well as surgery. Liposuction is the surgical removal of fat from targeted areas beneath the skin.
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Bariatric surgery artificially reduces the size of the stomach, reducing the intake of food energy. Some of these treatments may have serious side-effects.