Surgery is a desire or requirement to restore proper bodily functions and beauty. Major surgeries require physician directed and patient driven regiments of rehabilitation in order to hasten recovery and normalize their lives. I am a Surgical Technician and privy to the knowledge many surgeons spend years of their lives devoted towards garnering. The Biomedical Model of Health is focused on treatment and is the primary framework that shaped the evolution of health care policy for most of the 20th century. It is surprising the see many of the principles or instruments used in surgery remain largely unchanged since it’s advent in Ancient Roman times or in its reemergence as a treatment towards aliments from the Renaissance. As mentioned, surgical
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More than 35% of U.S. citizens are obese and 17% of all children and adolescents are affected which is 3 times the prevalence from just a generation ago. Comparatively, the next European country to have an obesity epidemic only has a prevalence of 24% of obese adults. Some researchers argue that predisposing medical conditions such as an underactive thyroid are associated with weight gain but perhaps it’s simply due to cultural lack of understanding diet and weight gain prevention. Unfortunately, health services in the U.S. are geared towards treating the sick and disabled with doctors who supervise the remedial or curative actions taken. There are 7 types of weight loss surgery available in order to help control hunger and eating habits. However, these surgeries are extremely complicated yet almost rarely life-threatening, but interestingly, complications associated with the surgery are often avoidable with the right behavior and choices. Alternatively, there are safer methods to lose weight which do not require surgery but require dedication and motivation as the main focus of prevention. Perhaps it is the Governments responsibility to change the law and enforce healthy standards across the board. In France, children are taught healthy eating habits during lunch when they are served by an actual chief, with a planned menu for every week developed by a nutritionist. It is a coordinated effort from French citizens in order combat obesity and it doesn’t stop in the classroom. In other words, no matter your choice of enabling determinants or your individual needs, the Social Model of Health plays an exemplary role in the different frameworks of health and the individual’s ability to fight and overcome obesity. I firmly believe surgery and the Biomedical Model is crucial for treatment, but I also believe, without influences and interventions
More than 35% of U.S. citizens are obese and 17% of all children and adolescents are affected which is 3 times the prevalence from just a generation ago. Comparatively, the next European country to have an obesity epidemic only has a prevalence of 24% of obese adults. Some researchers argue that predisposing medical conditions such as an underactive thyroid are associated with weight gain but perhaps it’s simply due to cultural lack of understanding diet and weight gain prevention. Unfortunately, health services in the U.S. are geared towards treating the sick and disabled with doctors who supervise the remedial or curative actions taken. There are 7 types of weight loss surgery available in order to help control hunger and eating habits. However, these surgeries are extremely complicated yet almost rarely life-threatening, but interestingly, complications associated with the surgery are often avoidable with the right behavior and choices. Alternatively, there are safer methods to lose weight which do not require surgery but require dedication and motivation as the main focus of prevention. Perhaps it is the Governments responsibility to change the law and enforce healthy standards across the board. In France, children are taught healthy eating habits during lunch when they are served by an actual chief, with a planned menu for every week developed by a nutritionist. It is a coordinated effort from French citizens in order combat obesity and it doesn’t stop in the classroom. In other words, no matter your choice of enabling determinants or your individual needs, the Social Model of Health plays an exemplary role in the different frameworks of health and the individual’s ability to fight and overcome obesity. I firmly believe surgery and the Biomedical Model is crucial for treatment, but I also believe, without influences and interventions