The new guidelines further state "metabolic and bariatric surgery is currently the most effective evidence-based treatment for obesity across all BMI classes" and that "studies with long-term follow up, published in the decades following the 1991 NIH Consensus Statement, have consistently demonstrated ...
Bariatric surgery is effective and safe and may reverse diabetes, prompting calls for the 1991 US National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidelines on the topic to be revised. The procedure has changed greatly in the 20-plus years since the NIH advice was issued, yet it still directs practice ...
Risks of bariatric surgery lessened by new guidelinesYasmin Pascual Khalil
01Special Issue Editors02Special Issue InformationDear Colleagues,Bariatric surgery has undergone important development worldwide over the last two decades. Today, indications, surgical procedures, pre-operative assessment, and post-operative follow-up are well standardised. Recent progress has been made co...
(and MASLD), data show that bariatric surgery is beneficial. "It not only helps weight loss, but it improves liver histology and has been shown to improve or resolve type 2 diabetes and reduce CVD risk. Importantly, regarding fibrosis, nutritional management after the bariatric surgery is the ...
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Henderson is part of a group of clinicians and researchers across the country that came together in 2019 to create new guidelines with research support from Obesity Canada and the University of Alberta. She said there’s greater acceptance that medication and bariatric surgery should ...
Get more information on weight loss surgery and bariatric procedures from New York's leading bariatric surgeons. Book your consultation today 800-633-8446.
Henderson is part of a group of clinicians and researchers across the country that came together in 2019 to create new guidelines with research support from Obesity Canada and the University of Alberta. She said there’s greater acceptance that medication and bariatric surgery shou...
Get more information on weight loss surgery and bariatric procedures from New York's leading bariatric surgeons. Book your consultation today 800-633-8446.