DOI: https://doi.org/10.36347/sasjm.2025.v11i01.007

Pages: 26-28

Obesity is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as excessive weight gain in the body to the extent that it disrupts a person's physical and psychological daily life. Although the factors that cause the development of obesity cannot be fully explained, excessive and improper nutrition and lack of physical activity caused by the metropolitan lifestyle are considered the most important causes of obesity. Obesity can lead to health problems such as heart diseases, diabetes, hypertension, obstructive respiratory diseases and some types of cancer. Diet, exercise therapy, behavior change, medical treatment and surgical treatment methods are used in the approach to obesity patients. Since the surgical treatment method carries high risks in itself, evaluation with esophagogastroduodenoscopy before the procedure has an important place.