A new study reveals that Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in adolescents with morbid obesity results in a uniform reduction in BMI of approximately 37%, regardless of the degree of obesity before surgery.

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According to the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery, around 220,000 people with morbid obesity underwent bariatric surgery in 2008. As recent reports have shown, performing these ...

Waltham — July 1, 2024 — For patients with severe obesity undergoing knee or hip replacement, commonly obtained laboratory values – including markers of anemia and inflammation – are independent ...

Extremely obese people — those with a body mass index (BMI) greater than 40 kg/m 2 — have higher mortality rates, and most of these additional deaths are caused by cancer, heart disease, and diabetes, ...

Mendelian randomization revealed a significant link between higher genetically-determined BMI and increased MS severity, strengthening previous observational findings. Expanded analysis included ...