Tag: bariatric surgery

According to the World Health Organization, four million people die from obesity-related causes annually. Studies have shown that bariatric surgery is an effective, lifesaving intervention for patients with obesity, however the majority who are eligible for the procedure never advance to surgery. A team of researchers from Penn State College of Medicine identified variables that

(Reuters Health) – People with obesity who undergo bariatric surgery have a higher risk of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with sleeve gastrectomy than with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, a randomized controlled trial found. Researchers randomized patients with severe obesity and type 2 diabetes to undergo either sleeve gastrectomy (n=55) or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (n=54). At baseline,

Patients with obesity who had bariatric surgery had a lower risk of having a major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE) or dying from all causes during a median 7-year follow-up, compared with similar patients who did not undergo surgery. These findings, from a province-wide retrospective cohort study from Quebec, follow two recent, slightly shorter similar trials.

Dr Maria S. Altieri There is a need to update the current criteria for the bariatric/metabolic surgery indication to include patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 to 35 kg/m2 (class 1 obesity), says the lead author of a new study. The research showed that “bariatric surgery is effective in weight loss and

A 2.4-mg weekly injection of the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist semaglutide led to a clinically meaningful 5% loss in weight for roughly two thirds of patients with both overweight/obesity and type 2 diabetes, researchers report. These findings from the Semaglutide Treatment Effect in People With Obesity 2 (STEP 2) trial, one of four phase

Steve Youngkin, 49, had always been a heavy child. The weight never seemed to go down. During his first marriage and soon after it ended, when Youngkin was in his early 30s, the weight seemed to go up even quicker. Each year came with new pants and new shirts, at one-point in size 6XL. Youngkin