Effects of modest weight gain in adulthood

Another reason to bemoan middle-age spread: Even a paltry 11-pound gain may substantially increase the risk of major illnesses, researchers say.

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Comment on: Should Bariatric Surgery be Offered to Prisoners? August 10, 2020

The year 2020 will clearly go down in history as one marked by chaos, pandemic, social upheaval, and a renewed focus on social justice issues that affected every aspect of life in the U.S. and worldwide. Although the problems and issues that face the U.S. are similar in many respects to other nations, there is […]

Danielle T. Friedman, Matthew J. Martin

Comment on: Comparison of safety and utilization outcomes in inpatient versus outpatient laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a retrospective, cohort study August 10, 2020

Despite its increasing popularity, there is contradictory, non-conclusive evidence regarding the safety of outpatient sleeve gastrectomy (SG) [1-3]. Fortin SP, et al. [4] add to the growing body of literature evaluating the safety of outpatient SG. They compare the outcomes and safety of inpatient versus outpatient SG [4] by using the multi-hospital Optum Pan-Therapeutics Database […]

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Comment on: Identifying Mechanisms that Predict Weight Trajectory after Bariatric Surgery: Rationale and Design of the BioBehavioral Trial August 10, 2020

As with most things worth studying, it feels like the more we uncover surrounding the interconnecting mechanisms that lead to the obesity state the more it seems like we have yet to discover. This principle holds true with bariatric surgery as we continue to uncover more and more protective health benefits of contemporary metabolic procedures, […]

Christopher R. Daigle

Comment on: Can genetics help predict efficacy of bariatric surgery? An analysis of micro-ribonucleic acid profiles August 10, 2020

Current knowledge of genetics and molecular biology support the notion of pathogenesis in obesity being a complex series of events that lead to a vicious cycle of appetite dysregulation and energy imbalance. In that regard, the theory of increased intake, together with deficient energy expenditure, is overly simplistic theory because obesity is a very heterogeneous […]

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Psychosocial Factors Associated with Physical Activity in Patients who have Undergone Bariatric Surgery August 10, 2020

Identifying psychosocial variables associated with physical activity (PA) may lead to the development of interventions that better address the challenges to participating in PA experienced by post-bariatric surgery patients.

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