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New approach can help identify young children most at risk for obesity
A newly developed risk score can synthesise genetic information into an easy-to-interpret metric that could help clinicians identify...
Surgery induced weight loss can reduce risk of severe COVID-19 complications
Patients with obesity who previously achieved weight loss with bariatric surgery were associated with a 60% lower risk of developing...
LSG and LAGB comparable at ten years
Weight loss and conversion rate are comparable between laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) and laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding...
High post-bariatric weight loss and male sex associated with better chance of hypertension remission
There is an association between high postoperative weight loss and male sex with better chance of hypertension remission, while there is...
Glucose control key factor to reduce cancer risk in obesity and T2DM
The risk of getting cancer was 37 percent lower in the group that underwent bariatric surgery, compared to a control group, however, good...
BARI-LIFESTYLE trial reveals benefits of tele-exercise post-bariatric surgery
Tele-exercise, when implemented specifically in patients who have undergone bariatric surgery, is feasible and well-accepted, and...
Causes of significant and early loss of FFM after bariatric surgery
There is a significant and early loss of fat-free mass (FFM) in patients with severe obesity who undergo bariatric surgery, which is not...
Greater physical activity associated with better metabolic health in menopausal women
A study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä in the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences has found that menopausal transition is...
Journal watch 01/12/2021
Welcome to our weekly round-up of the latest bariatric and obesity-related papers published in the medical literature. As ever, we have...
No differences in post-surgical physical activity levels in RYGB vs control group
Swedish researchers have reported that there were no differences in physical activity levels in women two years after Roux-en-Y gastric...
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