{"id":1224,"date":"2011-04-06T09:06:47","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T09:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/?p=1224"},"modified":"2011-04-06T09:06:47","modified_gmt":"2011-04-06T09:06:47","slug":"new-weight-loss-device-approved-9390","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/new-weight-loss-device-approved-9390\/","title":{"rendered":"New Weight Loss Device Approved-9390"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>America\u2019s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new device for people with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of at least 35. Those with a BMI of 30 and above must also have an accompanying health problem such as diabetes.<\/p>\n<p>The gastric band device manufactured by Allergan was originally allowed only for people with a BMI of 40 plus, but there have been significant improvements to the system since then.<\/p>\n<p>Known as the Lap-Band, the device is permanently inserted into the body wrapping around the upper portion of the stomach. This prevents too much food being ingested, thus helping to reduce weight.<\/p>\n<p>Gastric band devices are less invasive than many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/cosmetic-surgery\/weight-loss-surgery.htm\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"46\" title=\"weight loss\">weight loss<\/a> systems such as stapling or gastric bypass surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with reporters, the vice president of clinical research for Allergan said: \u201c[The lap-band represents] a potential treatment option for those patients with obesity and a related health condition, who have failed more conservative weight-loss therapies, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/healthguide\/nutritionindex.htm\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"56\" title=\"diet\">diet<\/a> and exercise and pharmacotherapy, and under consultation with their physician, have determined that weight-loss surgery is the next best treatment option.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Approval does not come as a surprise to Allergan as the FDA had already voted to extend its use last December. Further, the approval comes after a study of 299 patients, 20% of whom seemingly lost half of their excess weight after 3 years; a not insignificant amount.<\/p>\n<p>Although there were a large percentage of participants (89%) who did suffer some side effects, such as nausea, this did not affect approval.<\/p>\n<p>Gastric band surgery is becoming more preferable for many looking to lose weight, after trying out a variety of diets. While less invasive than other techniques, it is still nevertheless quite a drastic therapy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>America\u2019s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new device for people with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of at least 35. Those with a BMI of 30 and above must also have an accompanying health problem such as diabetes. The gastric band device manufactured by Allergan was originally allowed only for people with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":888008809,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[511,791,623],"class_list":["post-1224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weight-loss","tag-gastric-band","tag-lap-band","tag-weight-loss-surgery"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/888008809"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}