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Bariatric surgery results in greater weight loss and improvement in cardiac troponins compared to intensive lifestyle intervention alone in patients with severe obesity.
For severe obesity, bariatric surgery is more effective than lifestyle changes alone for weight loss and improving heart health markers like cardiac troponins. It is considered when other treatments fail.
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They found that BMI was reduced by 14.4 kg/m2 versus 3.9 kg/m2 in the bariatric surgery compared and the intensive lifestyle intervention group, respectively. Cardiac troponins decreased after bariatric surgery... and increased in those treated with lifestyle intervention
Why this rating
Based on a cited study (Aakre et al.) comparing surgery to lifestyle intervention.
Source
Multidisciplinary Therapy to Target Obesity and Its Complications in Adult Population: A Narrative Review
Ana Raimunda Dâmaso et al. · Obesity Reviews · 2026
DOI 10.1111/obr.70093
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