Launching ceremony of the Center for Weight Control and Obesity Treatment, Tam Anh General Hospital system - Photo: Tam Anh General Hospital
With over 30 years of experience in treating endocrine diseases, overweight and obesity, former head of the endocrinology department of Cho Ray Hospital, Dr. Lam Van Hoang is the director of the Center for Weight Control and Obesity Treatment.
Obesity rates increase every year
Dr. Lam Van Hoang reported that nearly 1/5 of Vietnam's population (19.5%) is overweight, of which 2.1% are obese. The annual obesity rate in our country is 38%, compared to 10% - 20% in Southeast Asian countries.
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...
Patients need effective yet easy-to-implement treatments
Treatment of overweight and obesity requires the coordination of many specialties, finding the exact cause of the disease, and a modern, scientific treatment regimen, not simply exercise and nutrition.
Dr. Le Ba Ngoc, Deputy Director of the Center for Weight Control and Obesity Treatment, emphasized: "Patients need effective, safe, yet easy-to-implement treatment methods. This is a major challenge in the treatment of overweight and obesity. And the Tam Anh General Hospital system has achieved this as it is the first obesity treatment center in Vietnam located within the general hospital system with a multi-modal treatment regimen, combining many specialties, helping overweight and obese people lose weight, reduce visceral fat, push back the disease and prevent a series of complications of overweight and obesity."
And the birth of the Center with this modern multi-modal treatment regimen 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 treatment results of those diseases, like cutting the grass without pulling out the roots, not to mention the difficulty in controlling dangerous complications later. At the same time, controlling weight and treating obesity well for overweight and obese people will significantly reduce the progression to the above dangerous diseases.
The Center for Weight Control and Obesity Treatment operates simultaneously at Tam Anh General Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Tam Anh General Hospital, Hanoi, and Tam Anh General Medical Center, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City with the criteria of safety, effectiveness, simplicity, and ease of implementation.
The center has a full range of methods for weight control, comprehensive, multi-modal treatment of overweight and obesity according to international standards. It is the participation of endocrinology experts, medical obesity treatment with new drugs recognized globally 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... In addition, there is 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 the risk of complications such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, endocrine...
Ms. Luong Thi Loan Thanh, 45 years old, before and after 2.5 months of treatment at the Center for Weight Control and Obesity Treatment, has reduced a series of indicators: 9.9 kg weight, 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 has blood sugar disorders, no more knee pain, no more gastric reflux, fatty liver is only grade 1. She changed all her clothes from size XXL to size L.
Image of Mr. H. (Vietnamese living in Cambodia) before and after 10 months of treatment, lost 22kg, cured fatty liver thanks to treatment at the Center.
Ms. Ngo Tran Thanh Thao, 34 years old, before and after 3 months of treatment at the Center, has reduced a series of indicators: 6kg weight, 13cm waist circumference, 20cm² visceral fat, 0.9kg/m² BMI. In particular, she increased her muscle ratio, the visceral fat area decreased from 125.8cm² to 100cm² (safe threshold for health).
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/lap-trung-tam-kiem-soat-can-nang-va-dieu-tri-beo-phi-tai-viet-nam-20240918132839353.htm
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