UK obesity report

A recent report reveled one-third of adults in England are projected to be obese by 2012, according to a report published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

In men, the prevalence of obesity between 1993 and 2004 nearly doubled (from 13.6 percent to 24 percent), while prevalence in women increased from 16.9 percent to 24.4 percent during the same period. Dr Dutta of the Aesthetic Beauty Centre commented, ‘Even though a number of weight loss procedures are available at the Aesthetic Beauty Centre including: BIB, SmrtLipo, Vaser Liposelction, BodyTite, Laser Lipoysis and Liposculpture, with the prevalence of such obesity expected to increase in the near future, it’s vital we promote the management and prevention of obesity, and also try to remove the social class inequalities in health’.

Dr Dutta has recently been appointed to the board of ESAS (The European Standard for Aesthetic Surgeons) and also TC403 for Aesthetic Surgery Services Committee of the European Commission (CEN). The committee is responsible for United Kingdom’s input into (CEN TC403) the aim of the TC403 is to standardize the quality of aesthetic surgery across Europe.