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2. Bariatrics - Wikipedia

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   Although diet, exercise, behavior therapy and anti-obesity drugs are first-line treatment, [14] medical therapy for severe obesity has limited short-term success and very poor long-term success. [15] Weight loss surgery generally results in greater weight loss than conventional treatment, and leads to improvements in quality of life and obesity ...

3. Bariatric surgery - Wikipedia

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   The Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study demonstrated the difference in T2DM remission rates between conventional medical therapy and bariatric surgery: while conventional methods achieved a 21% remission at two years and 12% at 10 years, bariatric surgery exhibited a 72% remission at two years and 37% at 10 years. [33]

4. Category:Bariatrics - Wikipedia

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5. Obesity medicine - Wikipedia

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   Obesity medicine is a field of medicine dedicated to the comprehensive treatment of patients with obesity.Obesity medicine takes into account the multi-factorial etiology of obesity in which behavior, development, environment, epigenetic, genetic, nutrition, physiology, and psychosocial contributors all play a role. [1]

6. Management of obesity - Wikipedia

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   Bariatric surgery ("weight loss surgery") is the use of surgical intervention in the treatment of obesity. As every operation may have complications, surgery is only recommended for severely obese people (BMI > 40) who have failed to lose weight following dietary modification and pharmacological treatment.

7. Category:Bariatric surgery - Wikipedia

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8. 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Orlistat (Xenical), the most commonly used medication to treat obesity and sibutramine (Meridia), a medication that was withdrawn due to cardiovascular side effects.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.

9. Weight loss - Wikipedia

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   Intentional weight loss is the loss of total body mass as a result of efforts to improve fitness and health, or to change appearance through slimming. Weight loss is the main treatment for obesity, [1] [2] [3] and there is substantial evidence this can prevent progression from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes with a 7–10% weight loss and manage cardiometabolic health for diabetic people with a ...