80 percent of Samoan men and 91 percent of Samoan women were overweight or obese in 2010 The Samoas' world-leading rate of obesity is a recent phenomenon, heavily influenced by the globe's rapid shift to calorie-rich, processed foods and more…
The overall prevalence of overweight was 32.3% (male 34.3%; female 30.2%), and the prevalence of obesity was 14.6% (male 16.3%; female 12.8%) One in three people is overweight and one in seven is obese in Jilin Province, north east China,…
New Zealand study shows benefits of bariatric surgery Obese patients with type 2 diabetes had good long-term results after weight loss surgery, according to a study in New Zealand. The findings support other studies that indicate weight loss surgery is…
Brain activity While the appeal of pictured food dropped 15 percent for the lean women after they ate, the severely obese women showed only a 4 percent decline The brain's reward centres in severely obese women continue to respond to…
POWeR+ online intervention People in all groups lost weight, the two groups receiving the POWeR+ intervention lost more. People given evidence-based information online that had been shown to help previously lost around 3kg, but using the Positive Online Weight Reduction…
Ontario bariatric outcomes The overall complication rate was 11.7% (95% confidence interval [CI] 10.8%-1%, 2.6), with 11.9% occurring in the bypass group and 9.9% in the sleeve gastrectomy group (p=0.2). An analysis of short-term outcomes of bariatric surgery in Ontario…
The International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders has published its July 2016 newsletter, which is now available to download from their website, please click here to access the e-newsletter. Highlights in the latest issue include a…
Fracture risk A mean of 4.4 years after surgery, bariatric patients were more susceptible to fracture (514; 4.1%) than were obese (1,013; 2.7%) and non-obese (3,008; 2.4%) controls The researchers looked at the fracture risk for the following procedures; adjustable…
Obesity paradox Weight reduction interventions can be more effective against diabetes than when it comes to reducing the risk of heart attack and mortality A study of genetically identical twin pairs with different amounts of body fat shows that twin…
Development agreement Intuitive Surgical and Dextera Surgical (formerly Cardica) have signed agreement to develop a surgical stapler and cartridge for Intuitive’s da Vinci robotic surgical system. The agreement, follows an agreement from January 2016, under which Intuitive Surgical paid…