Posts tagged weight gain
Weight Regain – Gastric Bypass vs Duodenal Switch
Weight regain was significantly higher after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass than biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch in super obese patients, according to conclusions of a study published online March 5, 2012 in the medical journal Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. The researchers set up this study to compare the weight loss after two different primary [...]
Read the full article →Gaining Weight to Qualify For Weight Loss Surgery
For some individuals, the path to qualifying for weight loss surgery involves gaining weight. In any sense of rationality, this approach seems counterproductive – why put on the pounds when the ultimate goal is to take off excess weight? Unless you have been in this situation, it may be difficult to understand what it is [...]
Read the full article →Timing of Meals Critical to Weight Gain
New research on mice suggests that low levels of light at night might be an environmental risk factor for obesity. In the study, mice living with light at night gained about 50 percent more body mass than mice in the standard light-dark cycle, even though the amount of food and level of physical activity was [...]
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