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Obesity Medicine Association, Obesity Action Coalition and Found launch of Obesity Medicine Scholarship

Found, one of the largest medically-assisted weight loss programmes in the US, is partnering with the Obesity Medicine Association (OMA)...

Enrolment complete in Vogenx’ Phase 2 Trial of mizagliflozin for post-bariatric hypoglycaemia

Vogenx has completed patient enrolment of a mid-Phase 2 clinical dose ranging study (VGX-001-012) evaluating mizagliflozin in patients...

LSG: The balance between superior weight loss and preventing the onset of reflux

A smaller bougie size, shorter distance from the staple line to pylorus and to the angle of His were independently related to increased...

No overall cost–benefit after RYGB versus SG among T2DM patients

Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) at baseline undergoing RYGB appear to experience a reduced need for ambulatory T2DM monitoring and...

Bariatric experts issue recommendations for procedure selection in class I and II obesity patients

Seventy-eight experienced bariatric surgeons from 32 countries, who participated in a two-round Modified Delphi consensus voting process,...

Journal Watch 14/2/2024

Welcome to our weekly round-up of the latest bariatric and obesity-related papers published in the medical literature. As ever, we have...

Gastric bypass improves long-term T2DM remission even after weight recurrence

Adults who have obesity and type 2 diabetes are much more likely to see their diabetes stay in remission if they undergo gastric bypass...

Intragastric expandable capsule results in clinically meaningful reduction in body weight

In a 24-week trial with participants living with overweight or obesity, a 2.24g intragastric expandable capsules twice daily led to a...

BARICO: Bariatric surgery leads to cognitive improvement in approximately 40% of participants

In a study including 133 adults with severe obesity who underwent bariatric surgery, cognitive function, inflammatory biomarkers,...

Patients’ perceptions of living with obesity and the prospect of having bariatric surgery

Integrating mindfulness, mindful eating and self-compassion before and after bariatric surgery could be beneficial for patients to...

Preoperative antihypertensive drugs and visceral fat area can predict hypertension remission and recurrence post-LSG

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Muscle-preserving weight loss drug ASC47 plus semaglutide is superior to semaglutide monotherapy for weight loss

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Racial and ethnic groups face barriers to obtaining OMMs

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