The urgent need to understand obesity is a disease state and break the stigma around accessing care
Bariatric and metabolic surgery (BMS) is the most durable and effective treatment for weight loss, yet only one percent of currently...
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A wasted decade: Access to weight management interventions in England stagnate
Access to weight management (WM) interventions in England has not improved over the last ten years despite obesity rates continuing to...
RACP calls for increased access to bariatric surgeries and medicines
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) has urged the Australian Government to increase access to bariatric surgeries to help...
NICE: Patients do not have to attempt weight loss before referral to bariatric surgery
Patients do not have to attempt weight loss by before referral to bariatric surgery, according to updated guidance issued by the National...
Despite lowering BMI threshold for eligibility, access to surgery remains low
Despite patient eligibility for bariatric surgery expanding over the last decade and its safety and effectiveness even further...
Paediatric metabolic and bariatric surgery procedures double but access disparities exist
The annual number of paediatric metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) procedures in the US more than doubled between 2010 and 2017, but...
Saudi Arabia expands health insurance to cover bariatric and metabolic surgery
Bariatric and metabolic surgery will be covered by health insurance in Saudi Arabia from 1 October in a move to improve the nation’s...
Outdated guidelines preventing patients with class I obesity from accessing bariatric surgery
Outdated guidelines issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) more than 30 years ago may be stopping a large portion of patients...
Stigma, lack of information and costs limit access to surgery for adolescents
Adolescents with severe obesity may not pursue metabolic bariatric surgery for weight loss due to lack of information, difficulties with...
Medicaid expansion increased access to bariatric surgery
Access to bariatric surgery increased by 31% annually for lower-income Medicaid-covered and uninsured white adults age 26 to 64 but not...
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