Jung Yunho
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
Clin Endosc. 2017 Jan;50(1):21-25. doi: 10.5946/ce.2016.147. Epub 2017 Jan 30.
Health and wellness represent a major global concern. Trends such as a lack of exercise and excessive consumption of calories are major causes of the rapid increase in obesity worldwide. Obesity should be controlled because it can result in other illnesses, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, coronary artery disease, stroke, breathing disorders, or cancer. However, many people have difficulty in managing obesity through exercise, dietary control, behavioral modifications, and drug therapy. Bariatric surgery is not commonly used due to a variety of complications, even though it has been demonstrated to produce reliable results with respect to adequate weight loss when performed using an open or a laparoscopic approach. Endoscopic bariatric procedures are emerging techniques that are less invasive and safer compared with current surgical approaches. However, the evaluation of endoluminal procedures is limited by the small number of studies and their short-term follow-up.
健康与 wellness 是全球主要关注的问题。缺乏运动和热量摄入过多等趋势是全球肥胖率迅速上升的主要原因。肥胖应加以控制，因为它可能导致其他疾病，如糖尿病、高血压、高胆固醇、冠状动脉疾病、中风、呼吸障碍或癌症。然而，许多人通过运动、饮食控制、行为改变和药物治疗来管理肥胖存在困难。尽管采用开放或腹腔镜手术进行减肥手术已被证明在实现足够的体重减轻方面能产生可靠的结果，但由于各种并发症，该手术并不常用。与目前的手术方法相比，内镜减肥手术是新兴技术，侵入性较小且更安全。然而，腔内手术的评估受到研究数量少及其短期随访的限制。
