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OBESITY AND OVERWEIGHT AGGRAVATE THE COURSE OF COVID-19
Obesity and overweight, which rank first among preventable deaths worldwide, appear to aggravate the course of the disease in young people is COVID-19 and increase intensive care rates. Among the most decimated by the coronavirus epidemic are children who have stayed at home. In addition to the danger of coronavirus, the increase in obesity rates in children poses a great danger both in terms of the children’s immune system and in terms of diseases that may occur in the coming years.
Stating that the respiratory capacity of the patients decreases due to the fact that the lubrication in obesity patients affects the lungs and upper respiratory tract badly, the Expert Op. Dr. said that the infection was more severe in patients infected with COVID-19. The Expert is Dr. Emphasizing that obesity can be eliminated with treatment, said, “Obesity is not an irreversible way. You can return to a healthier life with one step,” he said.
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines obesity as “the accumulation of excessive amounts of fat in the body in a way that disrupts health”. According to a WHO global survey conducted in 2016, 13 percent of the adult population worldwide, including 11 percent of men and 15 percent of women, are obese. This is recorded as 18 percent in children aged 5 to 19 years. Turkey Obesity Doctor points out that obesity, which also threatens children, causes many ailments. The Expert is Doctor who emphasizes that obesity causes diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, liver diseases, hypertension, and more than 4 million people worldwide die from this cause every year.
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OBESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONTRACTED COVID-19 ARE BEING TAKEN TO INTENSIVE CARE MORE OFTEN
The Expert is Doctor “Obesity affects not only the aesthetic appearance of people. It is a disease that can cause both psychological and physiological destruction in humans, as well as make the immune system powerless against harmful factors. But the important thing is that this can be prevented by treatments appropriate to the person’s lifestyle,” he stressed.
“It is undeniable that obesity and obesity-related health problems leave people vulnerable to the many diseases. Obesity rates are on the rise in children as well as in adults, especially due to the sedentary lifestyle brought about by the coronavirus. But this situation gives us a more terrible picture. Because it is a fact that obesity patients are removed to intensive care more often when they get coronavirus. In obese young people, the course of the disease is much more severe than expected.”
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A FRESH START IS POSSIBLE
The Expert is Dr. reminded that people with obesity or overweight should make fundamental changes in their eating and exercise habits in order to transition to a healthy life. But if these people still can’t lose weight, the specialist Dr. emphasized that a new beginning can be achieved with best bariatric surgeries in Antalya.
Reminding that it is essential for these people to make fundamental changes in their eating and exercise habits in order to live a healthy life, the Expert Op. Dr. added that if a person is still unable to lose weight, a new beginning can be achieved with bariatric surgeries.
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Turkey's world-renowned organ transplant specialist. Dr. Demirbaş has 104 international publications and 102 national publications.
Physician's Resume:
Born on August 7, 1963 in Çorum, Prof. Dr. Alper Demirbaş has been continuing his work as the President of MedicalPark Antalya Hospital Organ Transplantation Center since 2008.
Prof. who performed the first tissue incompatible kidney transplant in Turkey, the first blood type incompatible kidney transplant, the first kidney-pancreas transplant program and the first cadaveric donor and live donor liver transplant in Antalya. Dr. As of August 2016, Alper Demirbaş has performed 4900 kidney transplants, 500 liver transplants and 95 pancreas transplants.
In addition to being the chairman of 6 national congresses, he has also been an invited speaker at 12 international and 65 national scientific congresses. Dr. Alper Demirbaş was married and the father of 1 girl and 1 boy.
Awards:
Eczacibasi Medical Award of 2002, Akdeniz University Service Award of 2005, Izder Medical Man of the Year Award of 2006, BÖHAK Medical Man of the Year Award of 2007, Sabah Mediterranean Newspaper Scientist of the Year Award of 2007, ANTIKAD Scientist of the Year Award of 2009, Social Ethics Association Award of 2010, Işık University Medical Man of the Year Award of 2015, VTV Antalya's Brand Value Award of 2015.
Certificates:
Doctor of Medicine Degree Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Ankara, General Surgeon Ministry of Health Turkey EKFMG (0-477-343-8), University of Miami School of Medicine Member of Multiple Organ Transplant, ASTS Multiorgan Transplant Scholarship. Lecturer at Kyoto University. Lecturer at University of Essen, Research assistant at the University of Cambridge .
Professional Members:
American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Transplantation Society Nominated, Middle East and Southern Africa Council Transplantation Society 2007, International Liver Transplantation Association, Turkish Transplantation Association, Turkish Society of Surgery, Turkish Hepatobiliary Surgery Association.
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