LAS VEGAS – June, 27, 2023 – Patient eligibility for bariatric surgery, also called weight-loss or metabolic surgery, has expanded over the last decade and its safety and effectiveness even further ...

The higher a person's body mass index (BMI), the higher their risk for complications after bariatric surgery, especially those with BMI of 50 or more, according to a new study presented today at the ...

India’s obesity burden is rising, but treatment decisions remain outdated. Bariatric surgery is still treated as a last resort, considered only for the most overweight patients. This ignores evidence ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been tracking obesity rates, as measured by BMI, since the 1980s, ...

Although multiple international medical societies over recent years have recommended lowering the threshold for bariatric surgery to a body mass index (BMI) of 30-35 (class 1 obesity) in certain ...

TONIGHT’S WOMAN’S DOCTOR. BIKES FOR SEVERAL YEARS, 31-YEAR-OLD HEATHER TRIED ALL KINDS OF DIETS TO LOSE WEIGHT. >> I HAD BACK ISSUES ON TOP OF MY LIVER WAS HAVING ISSUES AND THIS WAS THE NEXT STEP I ...

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BMI should determine who receives surgery. It is more appropriate to use BMI as the determinant for metabolic and bariatric surgery in treatment of type 2 diabetes. Jaime Almandoz The 1991 NIH ...

For adolescents, weight loss after bariatric surgery was durable out to 10 years, data from the Teen Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (Teen-LABS) study confirmed. Among 260 adolescents who ...

The benefits of bariatric surgery can extend beyond physical weight loss and improved metabolic parameters, according to a new study finding that self-esteem surges in the first year following the ...

For all the talk of Ozempic, Mounjaro, Wegovy and other weight loss drugs being damn near miraculous, they come at a significant cost—literally. Bariatric surgery typically costs between $17,400 and ...