According to the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP), 41.9% of U.S. adults are affected by obesity. For those who have struggled with traditional ...

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 ...

Even after dramatic weight loss and surgical changes to the gut, underlying exposure to PFAS may limit how much improvement ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Patients who use GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) both before and after undergoing bariatric surgery experience greater weight loss than with surgery alone, new data suggested. The ...

Credit: Getty Images Our easy-to-read fact sheet provides an overview of weight loss surgical procedures, such as gastric sleeve and gastric bypass. Our easy-to-read fact sheets provide clinicians ...

A new USC study shows teens with higher blood levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) measured before bariatric ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who received preoperative semaglutide had lower postoperative total weight loss at 12 months compared ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. While the use of weight-loss drugs is on the rise, they join a suite of already-common interventions known as bariatric ...

In a retrospective study, semaglutide use leading up to bariatric surgery was not linked with greater weight loss a year after surgery. Rates of diabetes remission and complications were also ...

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 ...