Dr Alex Craven recently joined The Obesity Collective Podcast for a conversation about metabolic surgery and its role in the treatment of obesity.
The discussion explores where metabolic surgery fits within contemporary obesity care, including access to treatment, how treatment decisions are made, and health outcomes beyond weight loss alone.
Alex also discusses the importance of individualised obesity care, with treatment options considered in the context of each person’s health, circumstances and needs.
In this episode
The conversation looks at metabolic surgery as one of the treatment options available for people living with obesity, alongside the broader medical and multidisciplinary care that may be involved.
• The role of metabolic surgery in obesity treatment
• How suitability for surgery is considered
• Access to metabolic and bariatric surgery
• Health outcomes beyond weight loss
• The importance of individualised treatment and ongoing care