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Bariatric Surgery can reduce liver damage

9th November 2016

Owen Haskins - Editor in chief, Bariatric News Bariatric surgery can result in significant improvement in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), according to new research presented at Digestive Disease Week (DDW). Researchers at the University of South Florida-Tampa (USF) found that bar...

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Bariatric surgery: Editorial 'Why only a last resort?'

8th November 2016

Source: The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology 2014 Bariatric surgery procedures have evolved over the past two decades, and are now considered to be a safe and effective treatment for obesity. Bariatric surgery not only induces weight loss, but also improves metabolic status. Patients with di...

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Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding in the Treatment of Morbid Obesity

7th November 2016

The epidemic of obesity requires an intervention that is both effective and broadly acceptable. Conventional medical programs have been ineffective. Traditional surgical approaches, such as gastric bypass and biliopancreatic diversion, are accepted by less than 1% of the severely obese each year. La...

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Changes in comorbidities and improvements in quality of life after LAP-BAND placement

6th November 2016

Possibly the most important outcomes of bariatric surgery involve changes in obesity-related illness, quality of life (QOL), and psychologic well-being. Dramatic improvement or resolution of serious medical comorbidity accompanies the weight loss following laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding wit...

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Health outcomes of severely obese Type 2 Diabetic subjects 1 year after Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding

4th November 2016

OBJECTIVE-To prospectively examine the effect of weight loss 1 year after laparoscopic adjustable gastric band surgery on a broad range of health outcomes in 50 diabetic subjects. Click here to read the full article....

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Lap-Band®: Outcomes and Results

2nd November 2016

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding was first introduced in the early 1990s as a potentially safe, controllable, and reversible method for achieving significant weight loss in the severely obese. The Bioenterics Lap-Band® system (Inamed Health, Santa Barbara, California) is the device most c...

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Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding

30th October 2016

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) brings several unique aspects to bariatric surgery. It has provided a ver...

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Is Laparosopic Verticle Sleeve Gasrectomy the future proceedure of choice?

22nd September 2016

Sleeve gastrectomy is a term for partial gastrectomy that results in removal of most of the stomach, with the remainder resembling a "banana" or "half moon".  The other names for the proceedure are "partial gastrectomy," "sleeve gastrectomy," "longitude gastrectomy. " and "vertical ga...

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Bariatric Surgery can reduce liver damage

(Published Bariatric News May 2014)

Bariatric surgery: Editorial 'Why only a last resort?'

Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding in the Treatment of Morbid Obesity

Changes in comorbidities and improvements in quality of life after LAP-BAND placement

Health outcomes of severely obese Type 2 Diabetic subjects 1 year after Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding

Lap-Band®: Outcomes and Results

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding

Is Laparosopic Verticle Sleeve Gasrectomy the future proceedure of choice?

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Knowing your body mass index (BMI) is one of the best ways to establish whether or not you're at a healthy weight range.

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  • 10
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You are at the higher risk end but still in a healthy weight range.

Consider measuring your waist.

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Weightloss Articles


Bariatric Surgery can reduce liver damage

9th November 2016

Owen Haskins - Editor in chief, Bariatric News Bariatric surgery can result in significant improvement in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), according to new research presented at Digestive Disease Week (DDW). Researchers at the University of South Florida-Tampa (USF) found that bar...

Read More

Bariatric surgery: Editorial 'Why only a last resort?'

8th November 2016

Source: The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology 2014 Bariatric surgery procedures have evolved over the past two decades, and are now considered to be a safe and effective treatment for obesity. Bariatric surgery not only induces weight loss, but also improves metabolic status. Patients with di...

Read More

Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding in the Treatment of Morbid Obesity

7th November 2016

The epidemic of obesity requires an intervention that is both effective and broadly acceptable. Conventional medical programs have been ineffective. Traditional surgical approaches, such as gastric bypass and biliopancreatic diversion, are accepted by less than 1% of the severely obese each year. La...

Read More

Changes in comorbidities and improvements in quality of life after LAP-BAND placement

6th November 2016

Possibly the most important outcomes of bariatric surgery involve changes in obesity-related illness, quality of life (QOL), and psychologic well-being. Dramatic improvement or resolution of serious medical comorbidity accompanies the weight loss following laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding wit...

Read More

Health outcomes of severely obese Type 2 Diabetic subjects 1 year after Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding

4th November 2016

OBJECTIVE-To prospectively examine the effect of weight loss 1 year after laparoscopic adjustable gastric band surgery on a broad range of health outcomes in 50 diabetic subjects. Click here to read the full article....

Read More

Lap-Band®: Outcomes and Results

2nd November 2016

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding was first introduced in the early 1990s as a potentially safe, controllable, and reversible method for achieving significant weight loss in the severely obese. The Bioenterics Lap-Band® system (Inamed Health, Santa Barbara, California) is the device most c...

Read More

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding

30th October 2016

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) brings several unique aspects to bariatric surgery. It has provided a ver...

Read More

Is Laparosopic Verticle Sleeve Gasrectomy the future proceedure of choice?

22nd September 2016

Sleeve gastrectomy is a term for partial gastrectomy that results in removal of most of the stomach, with the remainder resembling a "banana" or "half moon".  The other names for the proceedure are "partial gastrectomy," "sleeve gastrectomy," "longitude gastrectomy. " and "vertical ga...

Read More

Bariatric Surgery can reduce liver damage

(Published Bariatric News May 2014)

Bariatric surgery: Editorial 'Why only a last resort?'

Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding in the Treatment of Morbid Obesity

Changes in comorbidities and improvements in quality of life after LAP-BAND placement

Health outcomes of severely obese Type 2 Diabetic subjects 1 year after Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding

Lap-Band®: Outcomes and Results

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding

Is Laparosopic Verticle Sleeve Gasrectomy the future proceedure of choice?

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Knowing your body mass index (BMI) is one of the best ways to establish whether or not you're at a healthy weight range.

BMI Calculator

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  • 56
  • 99

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Consider measuring your waist.

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Weightloss Articles


Bariatric Surgery can reduce liver damage

9th November 2016

Owen Haskins - Editor in chief, Bariatric News Bariatric surgery can result in significant improvement in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), according to new research presented at Digestive Disease Week (DDW). Researchers at the University of South Florida-Tampa (USF) found that bar...

Read More

Bariatric surgery: Editorial 'Why only a last resort?'

8th November 2016

Source: The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology 2014 Bariatric surgery procedures have evolved over the past two decades, and are now considered to be a safe and effective treatment for obesity. Bariatric surgery not only induces weight loss, but also improves metabolic status. Patients with di...

Read More

Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding in the Treatment of Morbid Obesity

7th November 2016

The epidemic of obesity requires an intervention that is both effective and broadly acceptable. Conventional medical programs have been ineffective. Traditional surgical approaches, such as gastric bypass and biliopancreatic diversion, are accepted by less than 1% of the severely obese each year. La...

Read More

Changes in comorbidities and improvements in quality of life after LAP-BAND placement

6th November 2016

Possibly the most important outcomes of bariatric surgery involve changes in obesity-related illness, quality of life (QOL), and psychologic well-being. Dramatic improvement or resolution of serious medical comorbidity accompanies the weight loss following laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding wit...

Read More

Health outcomes of severely obese Type 2 Diabetic subjects 1 year after Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding

4th November 2016

OBJECTIVE-To prospectively examine the effect of weight loss 1 year after laparoscopic adjustable gastric band surgery on a broad range of health outcomes in 50 diabetic subjects. Click here to read the full article....

Read More

Lap-Band®: Outcomes and Results

2nd November 2016

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding was first introduced in the early 1990s as a potentially safe, controllable, and reversible method for achieving significant weight loss in the severely obese. The Bioenterics Lap-Band® system (Inamed Health, Santa Barbara, California) is the device most c...

Read More

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding

30th October 2016

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) brings several unique aspects to bariatric surgery. It has provided a ver...

Read More

Is Laparosopic Verticle Sleeve Gasrectomy the future proceedure of choice?

22nd September 2016

Sleeve gastrectomy is a term for partial gastrectomy that results in removal of most of the stomach, with the remainder resembling a "banana" or "half moon".  The other names for the proceedure are "partial gastrectomy," "sleeve gastrectomy," "longitude gastrectomy. " and "vertical ga...

Read More

Bariatric Surgery can reduce liver damage

(Published Bariatric News May 2014)

Bariatric surgery: Editorial 'Why only a last resort?'

Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding in the Treatment of Morbid Obesity

Changes in comorbidities and improvements in quality of life after LAP-BAND placement

Health outcomes of severely obese Type 2 Diabetic subjects 1 year after Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding

Lap-Band®: Outcomes and Results

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding

Is Laparosopic Verticle Sleeve Gasrectomy the future proceedure of choice?

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