• Bariatric surgery (or metabolic surgery or weight loss surgery) is a medical term for surgical procedures used to manage obesity and obesity-related conditions...
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  • Bariatrics is a discipline that deals with the causes, prevention, and treatment of obesity, encompassing both obesity medicine and bariatric surgery...
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    A bariatric ambulance is an ambulance vehicle modified to carry the severely obese. They have extra-wide interiors and carry "bariatric stretchers" and...
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    Garth Philip Davis (born January 28, 1970) is an American bariatric surgeon, physician, and author. Davis specializes in weight management and is known...
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    Gastric bypass surgery (category Bariatric surgery)
    2 diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea, and other comorbid conditions. Bariatric surgery is the term encompassing all of the surgical treatments for morbid...
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  • Younan Nowzaradan (category Bariatrics)
    doctor, TV personality, and author. He specializes in vascular surgery and bariatric surgery. He is known for helping morbidly obese people lose weight on...
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  • Dr Muffi, Mumbai, which is the first Indian Centre for Excellence in Bariatric Surgery. He is the chairman of Institute of Minimal Invasive Surgical...
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    Sleeve gastrectomy (category Bariatric surgery)
    meta-analysis of 174,772 participants published in The Lancet in 2021 found that bariatric surgery was associated with 59% and 30% reduction in all-cause mortality...
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    with type 2 diabetes and obesity. Bariatric surgery may be indicated in cases of severe obesity. Two common bariatric surgical procedures are gastric bypass...
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    Mohit Bhandari is an Indian bariatric surgeon known for his work in laparoscopic and robot-assisted surgery. He is the first surgeon in Asian sub-continent...
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    Adjustable gastric band (category Bariatric surgery)
    decrease food consumption. Adjustable gastric band surgery is an example of bariatric surgery designed for obese patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 40...
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  • Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) is a non-profit medical organization dedicated to metabolic and bariatric surgery, and obesity-related...
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    however, this may not be needed in those who are not on insulin therapy. Bariatric surgery often improves diabetes in those who are obese. Rates of type 2...
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    malignancy), to alter bodily functions (e.g., malabsorption created by bariatric surgery such as gastric bypass), to reconstruct or improve aesthetics...
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    Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Using Lifestyle Therapy, Pharmacotherapy, and Bariatric Surgery: Mechanisms of Action". Current Obesity Reports. 4 (2): 287–302...
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  • Duodenal switch (category Bariatric surgery)
    following the surgery. Compared with the other three generally accepted bariatric surgery procedures (gastric bypass, gastric banding and gastric sleeve)...
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    manometry Stomach Sengstaken–Blakemore tube) Nasogastric tube Gastric lavage Bariatric surgery Adjustable gastric band Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty Gastric...
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    that his heavy touring schedule precluded him from being a candidate for bariatric surgery, and how he instead resorted to weight-lifting, Diamond Dallas...
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  • Speciality Hospital within the campus, the hospital performed youngest bariatric surgery in India. The institute is a part of Bhandari Group of Hospitals...
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    Stomach reduction surgery (category Bariatric surgery)
    Stomach reduction surgery, also known as bariatric surgery, is a medical procedure aimed at facilitating weight loss by reducing the size of the stomach...
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    older adults, persons with HIV/AIDS or diabetes, and those who have had bariatric surgery. Varying degrees of thiamine insufficiency have been associated...
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    Center has an extensive bariatric surgery program, combining clinical excellence with educational efforts. The program is a Bariatric Center of Excellence...
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    focused on the psychosocial and behavioral aspects of extreme obesity and Bariatric surgery. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health...
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    apnea Type 2 diabetes Management of obesity Anti-obesity medication Bariatrics Bariatric surgery Dieting (List of diets) Caloric deficit Exercise (outline)...
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    Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and was its first president. Mason also founded the International Bariatric Surgery Registry and served...
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    SADI-S surgery (category Bariatric surgery)
    (Single anastomosis duodeno–ileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy) is a bariatric surgical technique to address metabolic disorders and to lose weight....
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    breathing. The most effective treatment is weight loss, but this may require bariatric surgery to achieve. Weight loss of 25 to 30% is usually required to resolve...
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    apnea Type 2 diabetes Management of obesity Anti-obesity medication Bariatrics Bariatric surgery Dieting (List of diets) Caloric deficit Exercise (outline)...
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    1997. In 2017, the race returned to being on a Saturday afternoon and My Bariatric Solutions, a part of Wise Health System, became the title sponsor of the...
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    Treatment for MASLD is weight loss by dietary changes and exercise; bariatric surgery can improve or resolve severe cases. There is some evidence for...
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