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Weight-Loss Surgery Seems to Beat Diet and Exercise
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Weight-Loss Surgery Seems to Beat Diet and Exercise
WebMD News from HealthDay
By Serena Gordon
HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, October 22, 2013
http://www.webmd.com/diet/weight-loss-surgery/news/
20131022/weight-loss-surgery-seems-to-beat-diet-and-exercise
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(HealthDay News) --
For people who have a lot of weight to lose, weight-loss surgery appears
more effective than diet and exercise, a new review suggests.
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The one caveat to this study, however, is that the results only include
two years of data, so the long-term outcomes are still unknown. This type
of study, called a meta-analysis, attempts to uncover a common thread in a
number of previous studies.
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"Individuals allocated to bariatric surgery lost more body weight -- on
average 26 kilograms [57.3 pounds] -- compared with nonsurgical treatment,
and had higher remission rates of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome,"
said study author Viktoria Gloy, a scientist at the Basel Institute for
Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at University Hospital Basel in
Switzerland. Metabolic syndrome is a group of symptoms that increase the
risk for type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
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"After surgery, patients also reported greater improvements in
quality-of-life measures, and had greater reduction in medication use than
nonsurgical patients," Gloy added.
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Gloy and colleagues published the findings online Oct. 22 in the BMJ.
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Obesity is a significant public health risk, according to background
information in the report. The incidence of obesity has more than doubled
over the past 25 years in the United States, the United Kingdom and in
Australia. More than two-thirds of the U.S. population is currently
overweight or obese. Many European countries aren't far behind, with
overweight and obesity rates of around 40 percent to 50 percent, according
to researchers.
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Obesity increases the risk of many serious ailments, including type 2
diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, cardiovascular disease,
some types of cancer and musculoskeletal diseases such as osteoarthritis,
according to the analysis.
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Treatments for obesity include weight-loss surgery and nonsurgical
options, such as changes in diet, medications, and increasing physical
activity.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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Weight-loss surgery more effective than diet and exercise for obese
patients
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 14:13
British Medical Journal
BMJ
http://www.bmj.com/press-releases/2013/10/22/
weight-loss-surgery-more-effective-diet-and-exercise-obese-patients
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http://tinyurl.com/meuu4am
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There were no cardiovascular events or deaths reported after bariatric
surgery. The most common adverse events after surgery were iron deficiency
anaemia and re-operations.
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This meta-analysis provides comprehensive evidence that, compared with
non-surgical treatment of obesity, bariatric surgery leads to greater body
weight loss and higher remission rates of type 2 diabetes and metabolic
syndrome, say the authors.
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However, they stress that results are limited to two years follow-up and
based on a small number of studies and individuals.
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The evidence beyond two years of follow-up, in particular on adverse
events, cardiovascular diseases, and mortality remains unclear and calls
for further research on the topic, they conclude.
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