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2. Management of obesity - Wikipedia

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   The most effective treatment for obesity is bariatric surgery. [7] Surgery for severe obesity is associated with long-term weight loss and decreased overall mortality. One study found a weight loss of between 14% and 25% (depending on the type of procedure performed) at 10 years, and a 29% reduction in all cause mortality when compared to ...

3. Bariatric surgery - Wikipedia

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   Bariatric surgery has proven to be the most effective obesity treatment option for enduring weight loss. [17] Along with this weight reduction, the procedure reduces risk of cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease, depression syndromes, among others. [18]

4. Gastric bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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   The operation is prescribed to treat severe obesity (defined as a body mass index greater than 40), type 2 diabetes, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, and other comorbid conditions. Bariatric surgery is the term encompassing all of the surgical treatments for severe obesity, not just gastric bypasses, which make up only one class of such ...

5. Women Bond Over Using Weight Loss Drugs and Become Best ... - AOL

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   Doty has a long list of the ways she tried — and failed — to lose weight over the years: Richard Simmons, Weight Watchers, ‘90s fad drug fen-phen, lap band surgery, Tae Bo, Atkins, gastric ...

6. Bariatrics - Wikipedia

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   Overweight and obese people, including children, may find it difficult to lose weight on their own. [9] It is common for dieters to have tried fad diets only to find that they gain weight, or return to their original weight, after ceasing the diet. [10] Some improvement in patient psychological health is noted after bariatric surgery.

7. Intestinal bypass - Wikipedia

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   Intestinal bypass is a bariatric surgery performed on patients with morbid obesity to create an irreversible weight loss, when implementing harsh restrictions on the diets have failed. [1] Jejunocolic anastomosis was firstly employed. [2] Nonetheless, it led to some unexpected complications such as severe electrolyte imbalance and liver failure ...

8. ‘Lifting from head to toe’: Weight-loss drugs boost ... - AOL

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   Thanks to effective and popular new drugs for weight loss and diabetes – an estimated 1 in 8 adults in the US has used Ozempic or a similar GLP-1 medication – demand for procedures to lift and ...

9. Chemotherapy - Wikipedia

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   Nutritional problems are also frequently seen in cancer patients at diagnosis and through chemotherapy treatment. Research suggests that in children and young people undergoing cancer treatment, parenteral nutrition may help with this leading to weight gain and increased calorie and protein intake, when compared to enteral nutrition. [138]