Early bariatric surgery may resolve comorbidities

Despite similar weight loss, teens who had gastric bypass surgery were significantly more likely to have remission of both type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure, compared to adults who had the same procedure. Results are from an NIH-funded study... (more)

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20/05/19 - News

Owen Haskins

Obesity and QoL

Elderly adults with obesity have reduced years of healthy life

A team of researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School found that older adults with obesity could expect fewer years of remaining life, at age 60, 70 and 80, with no limitation in physical function and no limitation in activities of daily living compared to individuals of normal... (more)

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19/05/19 - News

Owen Haskins

Five-year ESG outcomes

Five-year ESG outcomes reveal significant total body weight loss

Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG), a relatively new, minimally invasive weight-loss procedure, resulted in significant total body weight loss in the first long-term study to follow patients' progress over five years, according to research - ‘Long-term follow up and outcomes... (more)

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17/05/19 - News

Owen Haskins

Diet, obesity and depression

Dietary fats, the brain and the link between obesity and depression

Obesity and depression have long been linked, with previous clinical studies finding an association between these two conditions. However, until now, the mechanisms of how obesity affects depression and vice versa have not been fully understood. A study led by the University of... (more)

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Spatz3 ajustble gastric balloon

Spatz3 balloon has highest success rates of all gastric balloons

20/05/19

For the first time, a safe non-surgical out-patient weight loss treatment approaches the results of bariatric surgery.

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17/05/19 - News

Paulo Avellar

XX Brazilian Bariatric Surgery Congress

Psycho-social outcomes on bariatric adolescent patients

Dr Torsten Olbers is a professor of surgery and consultant bariatric surgeon at University of Linkoping in Sweden. His national and international reputation stems from combining a busy clinical activity with continuous academic productivity. As a regularly invited lecturer at... (more)

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17/05/19 - News

Paulo Avellar

XX Brazilian Bariatric Surgery Congress

Importance of implementing Bariatric Surgery Centers of Excellence

On the second day of the 20th Brazilian Congress of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Dr Jaime Ponce, Medical Director of Bariatric Surgery at the CHI Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga Tennessee, USA, spoke about the importance of implementing Bariatric Surgery Centers of... (more)

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17/05/19 - News

Owen Haskins

Weight loss medicines

Study finds weight loss medicines underutilised by veterans

Despite the availability of new weight management medications and several clinical guidelines recommending their use as part of a comprehensive treatment plan for obesity, a study by researchers from Boston University School of Medicine has found that their use is extremely low... (more)

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17/05/19 - Research

Weight loss medicines

Study finds weight loss medicines underutilised by veterans

16/05/19 - Event

XX Brazilian Bariatric Surgery Congress

XX SBCBM meeting - experts discuss obesity and metabolic diseases

The 20th Brazilian Congress of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, promoted by the Brazilian Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery (SBCBM), 15–18 May , in Curitiba, Paraná. The event will bring the world´s most renowned experts in the treatment of obesity and metabolic diseases. In total, 1.8... (more)

16/05/19 - Research

Lifestyle and cancer

Lifestyle risk factors account for 27% of all cancer cases in Brazil

Lifestyle risk factors such as smoking, alcohol consumption, overweight and obesity, unhealthy diet and lack of physical activity are associated with a third of all deaths caused by 20 types of cancer in Brazil, according to an epidemiological study. The study shows that lifestyle risk factors... (more)

14/05/19 - Research

Maintaining healthy weight

acyl-CoA-binding protein responsible for maintaining healthy weight

Regardless of how much you exercise or how balanced your diet is, controlling your weight is more brain-related than you might have thought. Researchers from the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) show for the first time in mice that the acyl-CoA-binding protein (ACBP) has a... (more)

10/05/19 - Research

Obesity-related hospital admissions

15 percent increase in obesity-related hospital admissions in England

There were more than 700,000 obesity-related hospital admissions in England in 2017/18, an increase of 94,000 on the previous year, according to a report from NHS Digital. The ‘Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet, England, 2019’ report revealed that there were 10,660 admissions... (more)

09/05/19 - Research

Global obesity

Obesity rising faster in rural areas than cities

Obesity is increasing more rapidly in the world's rural areas than in cities, according to a study of global trends in BMI. The research led by Imperial College London analysed the height and weight data of more than 112 million adults across urban and rural areas of 200 countries and territories... (more)