Weight & Obesity
How excess weight affects hernia, and how to prepare for safe surgery and protect the result long term.
Obesity & Hernia Recurrence After Surgery
Why does excess weight raise the risk of hernia recurrence after repair? A guide explaining the link and how weight loss protects your operation's outcome…
Hernia Surgery for Obese Patients
How does hernia surgery differ for an obese patient? A guide explaining the special challenges, how the surgeon handles them, and how to ensure the best…
Weight Loss Before Hernia Surgery
Why do doctors advise weight loss before hernia surgery? A comprehensive guide explaining the real benefit, the right timing, and how to do it safely.
Causes of Obesity: Why Do We Gain Weight? The Real Causes
Obesity isn't just a result of eating too much. Learn the real interconnected causes of obesity, from dietary to genetic and psychological factors.
Health Risks of Obesity: What You Don't Know About Excess Weight
Obesity is more than an appearance matter; it's a real health risk to the heart, joints, and organs. Learn its full risks to your body.
Body Mass Index (BMI): How to Know If Your Weight Is Healthy?
What is body mass index and how is it calculated? A simplified guide to understanding its meanings and limits, and how to know if your weight is in the…
Healthy Weight Loss: Scientific Principles Away From Crash Diets
How to lose weight healthily and sustainably? Simple scientific principles away from crash diets and misleading promises.
Obesity & Chronic Diseases
How is obesity linked to chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and blood pressure? A guide explaining the link and how weight loss reduces these…
Childhood Obesity: A Parents' Guide to Prevention and Management
Childhood obesity is a growing problem with long-term effects. A parents' guide to understanding its causes, risks, and how to prevent it in a healthy,…
Obesity & Hernia: When Excess Weight Becomes the Enemy of Your Abdominal Wall
Your comprehensive guide to the obesity-hernia connection: how excess weight raises pressure on the abdominal wall, increases hernia risk, affects surgical…
Obesity and Hernia: How Excess Weight Increases the Risk
How excess weight raises abdominal wall pressure, increases hernia risk and affects surgery and recovery. Advice from hernia surgeon Dr Mohamed Esmat.
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