Weight Loss Surgery

Combination therapy is usually the best option to treat obesity, but it may take multiple attempts until the right combination is found, a speaker at the Obesity Medicine Association fall conference said.

Health concerns, interference with lifestyle and frustration with weight-loss attempts are among the primary reasons a group of adults with obesity decided to have bariatric surgery, according to study findings.

Among nearly half a million adults from the United States and Canada who underwent weight-loss surgery, those with lower presurgical BMI and those who lost even a small amount of weight before the procedure were less likely to die within 30 days, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Adolescents who underwent bariatric surgery and experienced subsequent substantial weight loss did not see overall mental health improvements at 5 years post-surgery compared with peers who received conventional treatment for obesity, according to results of a prospective cohort study conducted in Sweden and published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.