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Mobile Infirmary
Medical Center
5 Mobile Infirmary Circle
Mobile, AL 36607
Phone: 251-435-2400
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Ready to Battle Obesity
Obesity affects millions of people, and many are concerned about the considerable health risks involved. Mobile Infirmary Medical Center offers hope to those battling obesity with an operation that reduces the total intake of food.
Obesity is characterized as excessive body fat. A person who is 100 pounds or more above their normal weight, based on the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company weight table, is considered morbidly obese. Along with the negative effects on health, there are also negative social, occupational, economic, and psychological stigma associated with obesity. These effects are collectively known as morbidity.
An individual, who maintains morbid weight for three or more years in spite of attempts to lose weight, is considered to have malignant morbid obesity. Having failed at non-surgical methods of weight loss, patients with malignant morbid obesity are candidates for a surgical weight loss procedure.
For the name of a surgeon who specializes in weight-loss surgery, call
251- 435-6495.
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