Overview Dumping syndrome is a condition that can develop after surgery to remove all or part of your stomach or after surgery to bypass...

It is very important to follow the recommended dietary guidelines after undergoing bariatric surgery. These guidelines were carefully...

Several studies have confirmed the health risks associated with childhood obesity. An early study published in PLOS Medicine showed that...

Bariatric surgery can result in substantial weight loss and significant metabolic improvements. Therefore, clinicians should be prepared...

The increasing prevalence of morbid obesity in Germany is associated with an increasing number of metabolic surgical interventions....

In recent years, the recourse to obesity surgery to treat morbid obesities has grown. The number of "malabsorptive" interventions, such...

Bariatric surgery, or weight loss surgery, is an effective tool for long-term weight loss in people with type 2 diabetes and obesity....

Obesity has been a problem since medieval times, but only in the latter 20 years it has been recognized as a worldwide epidemic. Treating...

From a medical point of view, obesity is an "excess of fat mass causing adverse health effects". How do you assess a person's body fat?...