La cirugía para bajar de peso encamina a un adolescente hacia la consecución de sus objetivos profesionales
Fernando Morazán de Durham tenía cinco años cuando lo diagnosticaron con obesidad por primera vez. Comenzó a trabajar con el programa de Estilos de Vida Saludables de Duke Children's para aprender conductas y hábitos de estilo de vida saludables, pero Fernando continuó aumentando de peso. A los 10 años, tenía colesterol alto y presión arterial alta. A la edad de 16 años, Fernando pesaba 289 libras. "Pensé que así era como iba a vivir mi vida", dijo. Luego Fernando se sometió a una cirugía para bajar de peso. Ahora, el estudiante de último año de secundaria “puede hacer cosas que nunca podría hacer cuando tenía sobrepeso”.
Weight Loss Surgery Puts Teen on Track to Pursue Career Goals
Fernando Morazán of Durham was five years old when he was first diagnosed with obesity. He started working with Duke Children’s Healthy Lifestyles program to learn healthy behaviors and lifestyle habits, but Fernando continued to gain weight. By age 10, he had high cholesterol and high blood pressure. By the age of 16, Fernando weighed 289 pounds. “I thought this was how I was going to live my life,” he said. Then Fernando had weight loss surgery. Now, the high school senior “can do stuff I could never do when I was overweight.”
Woman with Multiple Sclerosis Has Successful Pregnancies with Help from Duke Neurology
When Olivia Bellido was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 2012, starting a family wasn’t on her mind. However, when she wanted to get pregnant a few years later, she worked closely with Duke Health neurologist Suma Shah, MD, to ensure her MS was under control, and her pregnancies were healthy. Today, Bellido is the proud mom of a four-year-old daughter and a one-year-old son.
