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2. Bariatrics - Wikipedia

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   This meta-analysis also found that median life-expectancy was 9.3 years longer for obese adults with diabetes who received bariatric surgery as compared to routine (non-surgical) care, whereas the life expectancy gain was 5.1 years longer for obese adults without diabetes. [17] The combination of approaches used may be tailored to each patient ...

3. Anti-obesity medication - Wikipedia

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   Orlistat (Xenical), the most commonly used medication to treat obesity and sibutramine (Meridia), a medication that was withdrawn due to cardiovascular side effects. Anti-obesity medication or weight loss medications are pharmacological agents that reduce or control excess body fat.

4. Bariatric surgery - Wikipedia

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   A 2016 review estimated bariatric surgery could reduce all-cause mortality by 30-50% in obese people. [1] Bariatric surgery may also lower disease risk, including improvement in cardiovascular disease risk factors, fatty liver disease, and diabetes management. [12]

5. US obesity rates drop for 1st time in a decade, with possible ...

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   For the first time in over a decade, obesity rates in the United States may finally be heading in the right direction and new weight loss drugs like semaglutide could be part of the reason why. A ...

6. Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong - The Huffington Post

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   Print this story. From the 16th century to the 19th, scurvy killed around 2 million sailors, more than warfare, shipwrecks and syphilis combined. It was an ugly, smelly death, too, beginning with rattling teeth and ending with a body so rotted out from the inside that its victims could literally be startled to death by a loud noise.

7. Popular actor fired from low-alcohol beer ad after drunken ...

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   A popular Japanese actor hired to be the wholesome face of a low-alcohol beer has been fired after getting drunk and breaking into his neighbor's home, officials said.

8. Gastric bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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   Gastric bypass is indicated for the surgical treatment of severe obesity, a diagnosis which is made when the patient is seriously obese, has been unable to achieve satisfactory and sustained weight loss by dietary efforts and has comorbid conditions that are either life-threatening or serious impairment to the quality of life.

9. 6 of the best and 6 of the worst Christmas movies on Netflix ...

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   The holiday season is incomplete for many people without holiday movies. This year, Netflix is streaming a wide range of Christmas classics and original movies.