Inside Beachbody’s Billion-Dollar Fat Burning Empire

Carl Daikeler struck gold by transforming his Beachbody exercise-DVD business into a social-media-fueled pyramid seller of health shakes. But just as his juggernaut was about to make him a billionaire, he changed his formula, angered his network and wound up being investigated by the government.

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Comment on: Comparative Effectiveness of Bariatric Procedures among Adolescents: The PCORnet Bariatric Study June 19, 2018

As obesity reaches epidemic proportions among adults in the United States, adolescents have not been spared [1, 2]. Lifestyle modification alone remains largely ineffective for meaningful weight loss and so it is important to consider bariatric surgery as a treatment option for adolescents as the evidence for safety and efficacy among this patient population has […]

Oliver A. Varban

Comment on: “ Resolution of metabolic syndrome and related metabolic disorders after bariatric surgery: comparison of sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass” June 19, 2018

Obesity and metabolic syndrome are closely related and both are modern diseases in epidemic states. Bariatric surgery is proven to be the most effective method to treat obesity and resolve the associated metabolic syndrome [1]. We have witnessed the rising of sleeve gastrectomy and replacing gastric bypass as the leading bariatric surgery overnight. The reason […]

Wei-Jei Lee

Biphasic changes in angiopoietin-like 8 level after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and type 2 diabetes remission during a 1-year follow-up June 14, 2018

The epidemic of obesity and its associated risk of developing chronic disorders, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) is a global concern. T2D which is a multifactorial metabolic disorder, is hallmarked by the progressive impairment of β-cell function that is twinned with insulin resistance (IR) [1]. Prospective studies of individuals who are newly diagnosed […]

Eman Al-Shawaf, Ebaa Al-Ozairi, Fahad Al-Asfar, Shaima Al-Beloushi, Surbhi Kumari, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Hossein Arefanian

ADIPONECTIN GENE VARIANT RS rs266729: RELATION TO LIPID PROFILE CHANGES AND CIRCULATING ADIPONECTIN AFTER BARIATRIC SURGERY June 14, 2018

ADIPOQ rs266729 have been associated with body mass index and metabolic parameters. Our aim was to assess the contribution of this genetic variant on lipid profile and serum adiponectin levels after biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) surgery in morbid obese patients in a 3-years prospective study .

Daniel Antonio de Luis, Susana García Calvo, David Pacheco, H. Fernandez Ovalle, R. Aller

In non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, roux-en-Y gastric bypass improves liver histology while persistent disease is associated with lower improvements in waist circumference and glycemic control June 14, 2018

Obesity is a significant health problem and is on the rise in today's society. As obesity rises, so do associated comorbidities, which include non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) [1]. Studies have found that as body mass index (BMI) increases, so does the prevalence of NAFLD [2]. In obese individuals undergoing bariatric surgery, NAFLD is seen […]

Katherine J.P. Schwenger, Sandra E. Fischer, Timothy Jackson, Allan Okrainec, Johane P. Allard

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