Tam Anh General Hospital System launches Weight Control and Obesity Treatment Center

Dr. Lam Van Hoang, Director of the Center for Weight Control and Obesity Treatment, Head of the Department of Endocrinology - Diabetes at Tam Anh General Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, former Head of the Department of Endocrinology at Cho Ray Hospital, an expert with more than 30 years of experience in treating endocrine diseases and overweight and obesity, said: This modern multimodal obesity treatment center has been a dream for many years because no matter how good the treatment of cardiovascular, diabetes, and endocrine diseases is, if the patient's weight cannot be controlled, or the patient cannot lose weight or fat, it will affect the results of treatment of those diseases.

Dr. Lam Van Hoang, Director of the Center for Weight Control and Obesity Treatment, shared about the obesity situation in Vietnam and globally at the center's launch ceremony.

Dr. Le Ba Ngoc, Deputy Director of the Center for Weight Control and Obesity Treatment, explains: Weight control and weight loss are not simply about reducing food intake and increasing exercise.

Nowadays, most people are very busy with many jobs, unable to make balanced meals or arrange reasonable time to exercise. Medical facilities that treat overweight and obese people are often separate in each department such as Endocrinology, Nutrition. Many gyms also have weight loss trainers.

However, weight loss treatment is like "a door with many locks". Without the coordination of many specialists, it will not be effective.

Patients are treated for weight loss and fat reduction using high technology at the Center for Weight Control and Obesity Treatment, Tam Anh General Hospital system.

The Center for Weight Control and Obesity Treatment has a full range of methods for weight control, comprehensive, multi-modal treatment of overweight and obesity according to international standards.

It involves the participation of endocrinologists, medical treatment of obesity with new drugs globally recognized by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the European Medicines Agency (EMA), treatment with modern high-tech machines, treatment with surgical intervention to place a balloon to fill the stomach or gastric reduction surgery...

Ms. Luong Thi Loan Thanh, 45 years old, lost 9.9 kg, 28 cm waist circumference, 5 cm thigh circumference, 5 cm biceps circumference, 12.2 cm² visceral fat, 4 kg/cm² BMI. In particular, she no longer had blood sugar disorders, knee pain, gastric reflux, and fatty liver disease was only grade 1. She changed all her clothes from size XXL to size L after 2.5 months of treatment at the center.

In addition, there is also the support of nutrition and exercise medicine specialists, helping customers and patients receive comprehensive care and support to lose weight, reduce fat, reduce visceral fat, control blood lipid disorders, support the treatment of fatty liver, and prevent complications such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, endocrine disease, etc.

Mr. Pham Quoc Tuan, 35 years old, lost 7kg in weight, 7cm in waist circumference, 35.3cm² of visceral fat, and 1.9kg/m² of BMI after three months of treatment at the center.

Tam Anh General Hospital system is fully invested with necessary equipment for screening examination for customers in need such as: Inbody 770 machine to analyze visceral fat, subcutaneous fat distribution, respiratory polygraph machine, 768-slice CT-scanner, doppler ultrasound machine to evaluate coronary and peripheral blood vessels and other common blood testing machines, can even analyze genes that cause obesity.

Ms. Ngo Tran Thanh Thao, 34 years old, lost 6kg in weight, 13cm in waist circumference, 20cm² of visceral fat, 0.9kg/m² of BMI. In particular, she increased her muscle ratio, and the visceral fat area decreased from 125.8cm² to 100cm² (safe threshold for health) after three months of treatment at the center.

Obese people face the risk of one or more diseases at the same time: a study showed that BMI over 30 recorded 52% knee arthritis, 51% high blood pressure, 40% sleep apnea, 35% gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), 29% non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, 21% myocardial infarction, 21% diabetes, 19% severe depression, 9% polycystic ovary syndrome, 8% ischemia, 3.5% congestive heart failure, 3% stroke, increased risk of cancer...

Obesity is a chronic disease, a global pandemic, affecting society. The "obesity epidemic" is creeping into every home, but many people only focus on getting back in shape, not fully understanding the dangers of complications caused by the disease.

Many people still discriminate or do not understand the causes of overweight and obesity, thinking that it is due to overeating, loss of control, etc., and do not think that this is a disease that needs treatment. In fact, obesity is not only caused by diet, lack of exercise, but also by genetics or many underlying diseases such as metabolic disorders, hypothyroidism, endocrine diseases, etc., causing the body to change, disrupting the cycle of converting food into energy and storing fat.

"In reality, examinations also show that many people have lost faith in overweight treatment because they have previously wasted time and money at ineffective treatment facilities, even endangering their lives, leading to many complications such as liver failure, kidney failure, physical weakness...

Weight control and obesity treatment are not simply about restricting food intake and increasing exercise as people often think. To effectively control weight and lose weight, there must be a multi-modal treatment model with close coordination between many specialists," said Dr. Le Ba Ngoc.

Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Quang Binh, Professional Director of Tam Anh General Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, said: The Center for Weight Control and Obesity Treatment is not only a part of the medical examination and treatment system at Tam Anh General Hospital but also a model for perfection and innovation in medical examination and treatment organization.

Experts do not only treat a symptom or a disease but also treat the causes of the disease as well as the factors that promote the increase of dangerous diseases. The establishment of the center is a timely decision, with the mission of helping overweight and obese people have a better life, contributing to controlling the rate of overweight and obesity in Vietnam. Thereby, significantly reducing the risk of dangerous diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, endocrine, kidney and urinary diseases, infertility...

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