Diet and exercise versus gastric bypass surgery is a controversial topic, however there are benefits and drawbacks to each. Obesity effects more the 60 million Americans and of the 60 million Americans are suffering from medical problems. Here is a fact that people may not know about obesity, “approximately 72.5million American adults are obese.” www.businessinsider.com Everyone knows the hit television show the “Biggest Loser” however, the National Institutes of Health did a study on the contestants from the television show, showing that with the right diet and exercise a person can sustain weight loss. At the beginning of the study “researchers measured body fat, total energy expenditure and the resting metabolic rate- the energy burned during inactive- three times: at the start of the program, again at week six, and again at week thirty, which was at least seventeen weeks after the contestants returned home.” www.nih.gov From the eleven participants they lost an “average weight loss of 128 pounds, also eighty-two percent” www.nih.gov of that was body fat and lean muscle tissue. The article, also states that the participants would be able to sustain their weight loss, and bypass regaining weight by adding different and moderate life changes. For example “twenty minutes of daily vigorous exercise and a twenty percent calorie restriction.” www.nih.gov So if you are on a 2,000 calorie a day diet, you will want decrease it by twenty percent. With diet and exercise doing things the right way, a person should see results in as little as four weeks. For those who choose to go with gastric bypass surgery instead of diet and exercise, after a person has gastric bypass surgery they can start their normal routine life anywhere from three to five weeks after they have surgery. “Once a person has gastric bypass
