We spoke to Mr Kardaslar to understand more about the alarming rise in worldwide obesity rates, why bariatric surgery is ...

If you have obesity, losing even a little weight helps not only improve your overall health, but also prevent liver issues ...

The California Technology Assessment Forum (CTAF) has been requested to review the scientific evidence for the use of sleeve gastrectomy ... silicone gastric banding for obesity, but has not ...

Background To evaluate changes in obesity-related diseases and micronutrients after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). Methods We started the procedure in May 2007, and by December 2011 ...

Bariatric surgery is safe and induces substantial weight loss that reduces the need for diabetes medications, a Monash ...

The health care community has redefined the requirements for clinical obesity, noting BMI shouldn’t be the sole barometer of ...

For patients with diabetes undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and sleeve gastrectomy (SG), overall expenditures decrease in the postsurgical period, with no differences seen following the ...