Table of Contens

Obesity as a Chronic Disease 

Definition and Classification of Obesity 

Obesity - a Global Tsunami 

Why are we getting fatter? 

Diseases caused by Obesity 

Obesity and Psyche

Eating Disorders

Indications and Therapeutic Goals of Obesity Treatment

• Diet Therapy
• Physical-exercise Therapy
• Behavioural Therapy
• Pharmacological Therapy

Bariatric surgery

The frequency of Bariatric Surgery Procedures

Indications for Obesity Surgery

Indications for Metabolic Surgery

Contraindications for Bariatric Surgery

Bariatric Surgery in Children and Adolescents

Presurgical Evaluation of the Patient 

• Surgical Evaluation
• Internal Evaluation
• Psychosomatic Evaluation

Which surgical procedure to choose?

Bariatric Surgery - how does it work?

• Restriction and Malabsorption
• Regulation of Hunger and Saturation
• Gut Microbiota
• Bile Acids

Surgical procedures in detail

• Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding
• Laparoscopic sleeve-gastrectomy 
• Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y-gastric-bypass

Update

• Are household disinfectants microbially mediated obesogens?