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Comorbidities for Bariatric Surgery (and Finding Out Whether You Qualify)
Learn about the comorbidities for bariatric surgery and how these health conditions can qualify you for weight loss surgery, which can help improve your health.
Sleeve Gastrectomy vs. Bypass: Which is Right for Me?
Here are some sleeve gastrectomy vs. bypass differences and similarities and who is a good candidate for each type of bariatric surgery.
The vicious cycle of depression and obesity
Source: Nature
Worldwide obesity rates have almost tripled since 1975. At the same time, rates of depression have steadily risen. Since the early 2000s, many studies have established a link between these two conditions, showing that the prevalence of depression in people with obesity is twice as high as in people of a healthy weight.
How Obesity Is Treated
Source: Verywell Health
The overall goal of successful obesity treatment is for a person to get to a healthy weight and stay there long-term. It seems straightforward, but obesity treatment is complex and variable.
New insights on how some individuals with obesity can lose weight, and keep it off
Source: Medical Xpress
For decades, there's been a persistent one-size-fits-all approach to treating obesity: Embrace a diet that's low in calories. Yet evidence shows that this diet-focused approach simply doesn't work for a subset of adults with obesity who are adherent in a clinical weight management program.