You sanitas incorporates the program with intragastric, medical treatment and psychological integral to its range of services.

-The treatment is recommended for people with problems of overweight or obesity needing to lose 12 to 40 kilos with supervised diet and food re-education plan

– whether or not clients of the company, patients have access to a multidisciplinary program

Madrid, February of 2012.- the high rate of population Spanish with overweight and obesity has become a health Theis problemRepublic of the first order. These people, as well as see diminished quality of life, have an increased risk for other diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, arthritis or apnea sleep, among others.

A diet to reduce your calorie intake and exercise are the most common remedies for weight loss but, on many occasions, these measures alone are not sufficient or their results are not kept permanently. It is when the exercise and healthy diet fail, when specialists as Alma Fernández, Medical Director of Sanitas new services, recommend recourse to other medical treatments such as the intragastric ball, which under the supervision of a specialist and the constancy of the patient, positive and lasting results achieved ”.

A multidisciplinary medical program

The treatment of intragastric balloon is an effective method to combat overweight and obesity without surgery or hospitalization. This technique aims to reduce the feeling of hunger and create one of early satiety because the ball takes a great part of the stomach. This helps the patient to lose 12 to 40 kilos, with nutritional and psychological assistance that accompanies treatment, advises the patient to acquire healthy eating habits and make changes to your diet that provide the basis for success for a long time.

You sanitas new services has included this treatment between its offer and has been designing a multidisciplinary medical program in which the patient is controlled at all times by a specialist in digestive, a nutritionist and a psychologist.

For Alma Fernandez, Medical Director of Sanitas new services, these specialists to work together is vital to make the treatment a success. It is essential that the patient follow a diet and modify habits wrong, and for its follow-up and assistance, necessary reinforcement of nutritionists and psychologists. ”

patients are turning to the treatment of the Intragástrico ball, do so after the failure in the follow-up of mission subsistence allowance. It is then, after the placement of the ball, when psychologist and nutritionist are involved in the treatment to design a suitable and customized diet and help the patient to follow the diet and change their attitude, habits and priorities towards the food.

You sanitas offers the intragastric balloon both customers and non-customers of Sanitas, with a first free consultation, financing without interest during the first year and a team of doctors of attested experience in their specialty. In addition, customers of the company eligible for an additional discount on private service.

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