Within 1 year after a bariatric surgery, only 1 in 3 patients cross the BMI cut-off for obesity.
Bariatric surgery is done to treat obesity and many hope to undergo the process with an expectation to lose weight and reduce their risk of metabolic diseases.
A large new study shows that only one in three patients who have the operation succeed in getting their body-mass index below 30, the cutoff for obesity, in the first year.
But the odds of achieving this goal were much higher for those ...
Within 1 year after a bariatric surgery, only 1 in 3 patients cross the BMI cut-off for obesity.
Bariatric surgery is done to treat obesity and many hope to undergo the process with an expectation to lose weight and reduce their risk of metabolic diseases.
A large new study shows that only one in three patients who have the operation succeed in getting their body-mass index below 30, the cutoff for obesity, in the first year.
But the odds of achieving this goal were much higher for those ...