As of October 2013, there are over 100,000 people on the wait
list for Bariatric Surgery through the public system in Canada. That can
be, depending on the province, up to a 5 or 6 year wait - that is
another 5 years subjected to the physiological and emotional ravages of
obesity. Bariatric surgery offers a tool for permanent weight loss that
yes... require vigilant lifestyle adaptations, however it offers the
very best assurance for keeping adiposity within healthy levels &
metabolic health optimized.
The bariatric procedures offered in Canada by the public health care system and much of Europe are completely unnecessary or substandard to what is available now. Private health care facilities are abusively expensive, do not provide emergency care if necessary, only offer older procedures... they do not reflect the stellar health outcomes now very proven repeatedly with newer bariatric procedures. Consider these facts:
The bariatric procedures offered in Canada by the public health care system and much of Europe are completely unnecessary or substandard to what is available now. Private health care facilities are abusively expensive, do not provide emergency care if necessary, only offer older procedures... they do not reflect the stellar health outcomes now very proven repeatedly with newer bariatric procedures. Consider these facts: