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Dr. Joan Pujol Rafols (Barcelona) lead the Communication and Development Subcommittee.Dr Rachel Batterham (London) & Dr Ralph Peterli (Zurich) lead the Science SubcommitteeProf Michel…
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Obesity continues to increase in Europe
Overweight and obesity is increasing in the EU with 53% of adults in the EU now either overweight or obese,…
Surgical patients may have different psychological profiles
The researchers from the Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, published in PlosOne, have concluded that psychological factors are independent of somatic conditions…
Surgery can benefit some obese pediatric patients
As a last resort when conservative interventions have failed, bariatric surgery can improve liver disease and other obesity-related health problems…
Single-anastomosis bypass – an attractive alternative?
According to a paper published in the Scandinavian Journal of Surgery, the single-anastomosis gastric bypass “may be an attractive alternative metabolic…