Bariatric surgery is a medical procedure that alters the digestive system to help individuals with obesity lose weight by limiting food intake, nutrient absorption, or both. Globally, obesity has ...

With her medical insurance and co-pay, Candace Neely improves her health and quality of life through weight loss surgery Growing up, Candace Neely stoked her competitive fires playing basketball, ...

Changes in gut microbiota after bariatric surgery are strongly linked to altered metabolic health and sustained improvement ...

The benefits of bariatric surgery can extend beyond physical weight loss and improved metabolic parameters, according to a new study finding that self-esteem surges in the first year following the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Higher measured GFR before bariatric surgery was linked to greater GFR reductions after surgery. Combined ...

In this video I reflect on losing 150 pounds and nearly nine years of living with bariatric surgery. I share my before and after photos, the numbers I started with, and where my weight and clothing ...

Credit: Getty Images Our easy-to-read fact sheet provides an overview of weight loss surgical procedures, such as gastric sleeve and gastric bypass. Our easy-to-read fact sheets provide clinicians ...

The proportion of patients taking a GLP-1 weight-loss drug following bariatric surgery increased substantially in recent years, although the timing of initiation after surgery varied widely, a large ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. While the use of weight-loss drugs is on the rise, they join a suite of already-common interventions known as bariatric ...

In a retrospective study, semaglutide use leading up to bariatric surgery was not linked with greater weight loss a year after surgery. Rates of diabetes remission and complications were also ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Free testosterone rose from 4.8 ng/dL before bariatric surgery to 8.4 ng/dL at 3 years. Change in testosterone ...