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Volume 6, Issue 8(Suppl) J Obes Weight Loss Ther 2016
ISSN: 2165-7904 JOWT, an open access journal
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Euro Obesity 2016
October 10-12, 2016
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7th Obesity & Endocrinology
Specialists Congress
October 10-12, 2016 Manchester, UK
Tertiary care overweight and obesity management in Bangladesh: An exploration of the level of awareness
and common barriers of physicians
Kamrun Nahar Koly1 and Md Saimul Islam2
1North South University, Bangladesh
2University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh
The aim of the present study was to assess the knowledge, attitudes and identify the barriers of the physicians regarding overweight
and obesity management. A simple cross sectional study was conducted among 155 physicians through a standard questionnaire
from 3 selected government hospitals and 1 private hospital of Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Mean age of the 155 physicians was 31.88±5.92.
Majority of them, 80 (51.60%) were unable to answer the correct prevalence of overweight but 75 (48.40%) could mark the right
answer. A substantial proportion, 71 (46.70%) of the physicians mentioned that they do not have much to do with controlling weight
problem in Bangladesh. Majority of the physicians, 148 (95.5%) use BMI to measure weight problems, whereas only 13 (8.4%)
practice waist circumference as a diagnostic tool. As weight management strategies, most of them 122 (85.3%) took advice to modify
the life style, while 93 (68.4%) occasionally were referred to dietician. About 74 (47.7%) of the physicians reported lack of motivation,
73 (47.1%) mentioned short consultation time and 60 (38.7%) said that lack of national policy or management guideline are few
barriers to treat weight problems. Again, perceived barriers like lack of parental support, lack of a national policy were statistically
significant (p<0.05) with their occupational designation. This present study being the first one in country suggests for future large
scale research to define physician’s role, need of further training and identify the new strategies to include in the health system for
dealing with this growing epidemic.
The application status of bariatric surgery in China
Daorong Wang
Subei People’s Hospital of Jiangsu Province, PR China
Obesity is becoming a global epidemic of the disease, which seriously threats human health and the quality of life. Bariatric surgery
is by restricting food intake and reducing nutrient absorption to treat the metabolic syndrome. Currently there are 4 accepted
surgical methods: Rouxen-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB), laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG), laparoscopic adjustable gastricbanding
(LAGB）and biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD-DS). The most widely used procedures are LSG and LRYGB. In
recent years, the quantity of bariatric surgery is growing rapidly in China and to nearly 4000 cases in 2014. In 2012, Chinese College
of Surgeons for Obesity and Diabetes Surgeons Committee was established, which greatly promoted the development of the obesity
surgery in China. At present, the standardization of the surgery, the multidisciplinary collaboration and the follow-up mechanism
construction also need to be further strengthened. With the continuous improvement of material life, people to the requirement of
health and quality of life is increasing day by day, the surgical treatment of obesity will obtain the good social efficiency. The benefit
of weight-loss surgery is not only the weight loss; more is to control and mitigate the complications of obesity related diseases. And
improvementin the diabetic conditionhas attracted the most attention. Larger, randomized and long-term follow-up studies need to
be conducted to compare the efficacy of different bariatric surgery procedures and to research the related mechanisms in the future.
J Obes Weight Loss Ther 2016, 6:8(Suppl)