Here’s the thing nobody tells you: you can follow your post bariatric surgery meal plan to the letter and still feel awful if you’re not getting the vitamins your body needs. I hit my protein targets, ...

The proportion of patients taking a GLP-1 weight-loss drug following bariatric surgery increased substantially in recent years, although the timing of initiation after surgery varied widely, a large ...

Bariatric surgery leads percentage greater weight loss than GLP-1s after one year, with higher remission rates for diabetes, hypertension, ...

Bariatric surgery provides effective and durable treatment for high blood pressure in patients with severe obesity, long-term follow-up of the GATEWAY study shows. Five years after Roux-en-Y gastric ...

A long-term study found bariatric surgery patients faced higher risks of iron, vitamin B12 and folic acid deficiencies years ...

Preoperative weight loss with medications does not meaningfully diminish the effectiveness of bariatric surgery.

Almost 60% of patients with obesity and preexisting anemia recovered from anemia within 6 months after bariatric surgery. Female sex, older age, and sleeve gastrectomy (SG) as the surgery type were ...

A South African man went viral on social media after revealing his 54kg weight loss in 5 months following gastric bypass ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults with type 2 diabetes have similar overall health costs after gastric bypass vs. sleeve gastrectomy.

Bariatric surgery is a significant intervention for individuals struggling with obesity. It offers the potential for substantial weight loss, but it also presents a complex array of psychological and ...

I remember standing in my kitchen at 2 AM, six months after surgery, crying over a bowl of scrambled eggs I couldn’t finish. I was doing everything my doctor told me to do, but I felt like garbage. My ...